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Is cinco de mayo independence day for mexico?

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Cinco de Mayo Cinco De Mayo is not the Mexican Independence Day, it's the day they defeated French and rebel Mexican soldiers at Puebla, Mexico.

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Cinco de Mayo (5th of May) is the day Mexico won a key battle in their war for independence.

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