Sunday, March 4, 2007

Response to Zaragoza/ El Cinco de Mayo poem

Well, I went and looked into some of the history of the Zaragoza Club Poets and found nada. But I didn't stop there; I also read information about the Battle of Puebla and the victory of the Mexican people and Commander General Zaragoza. This victory is celebrated by Cinco de Mayo (May 5th). No wonder the poem is about General Zaragoza and the others, it was an amazing victory because there were so few Mexican soldiers against so many French. After the French army recollected itself and more troops were sent over to Mexico, the Mexican people did not do so well for a time in victories, but the Battle of Puebla is still celebrated nonetheless for the great patriotic feat accomplished under Zaragoza.

1 comment:

pfouts said...

nada indeed about them online

should we do something about that?

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