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Cinco de Mayo: History and Information Guide

Learn more about the history behind the Cinco de Mayo holiday and its origins.

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Battle of Puebla: Time stamp 38:08.

General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin

Highsmith, C. M., photographer. (2014) Statue of Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin in San Agustin Plaza in Laredo, Texas. United States Texas Laredo, 2014. -03-16. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2014630560/.