Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on May 5 each year, marking the anniversary of the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Although it is often mistaken for Mexico’s Independence Day, that holiday is observed on September 16, making May 5 a separate and historically specific commemoration.
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