As you dust off your brightly colored skirt and get ready to see if there really is a worm at the bottom of that bottle, take 5 minutes today to learn more about tomorrow’s Cinco de Mayo. No doubt there are many events to be found nearby that use the fifth of May as a motif, but what else can you find out about the day? Which army defeated which army 145 years ago? And where did it happen? Instead of using it just to party and ignore the underlying cultural significance, make an effort to learn la verdad.
