🇲🇽 Cinco de Mayo May Have Saved America — And Almost No One Knows It
Most people think it’s just a drinking holiday.
But on this day in 1862, a small band of Mexican heroes defeated Napoleon III’s elite army… and very likely saved the United States in the process.
Here’s the story you were never taught:
Mexico was broke after years of civil war. France’s emperor saw his chance to colonize it.
With America tearing itself apart in its own Civil War, Napoleon invaded Mexico, planning to install a puppet emperor and use the country as a launchpad to restore France's North American empire.
And from Mexico they could have achieved what Santa Anna only dreamed of a generation earlier.
A 33-year-old Mexican general named Ignacio Zaragoza (born in Goliad, Texas, cousin to Texas revolutionary hero Juan Seguín) led the defense.
At the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, Zaragoza’s outnumbered, outgunned forces delivered a stunning upset against the world’s premier army.
That single victory bought critical time. It inspired fierce resistance across Mexico. By the time the French finally installed their puppet emperor, the Union had already won Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
The window for French intervention had slammed shut.
After Appomattox, the battle-hardened U.S. military enforced the Monroe Doctrine. General Sheridan shipped tens of thousands of rifles to Mexican Republicans. The French withdrew. Their puppet emperor was executed.
The heroes at Puebla didn’t just save Mexico.
They saved America too.
So tonight, when you’re enjoying the tacos, tequila, or Corona… raise a glass to those brave Mexicans who held the line against impossible odds.
They may have saved North America from the colonialist fate of Africa and Asia.
Just like the defenders of the Alamo, they delayed the "inevitable" — and made it anything but.
Feliz Cinco de Mayo, America! 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Es de donde esta esperan los trabajadores el camion, mas a adelante, en el kiosko que esta al lado de la gasolinera, paga bien si tocan a su hija.
Me dan asco.
Saludos vale.