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REAL EXPERIENCE: Summer Internship Opportunities for High School Students
If you are a high school or college student who is interested in an unpaid internship, whether it is during the year or this upcoming summer, we’ll need a letter of interest with a resume, including two references. We are flexible about scheduling work hours.
For more information:
Call Julie Dreike at 346-6781.
ask.heather@mail.house.gov
Congresswoman Heather Wilson
625 Silver Ave. SW Suite 340
Albuquerque, NM 87102 |
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| Cinco de Mayo celebrates the anniversary of Mexican independence. True or False? |
False.
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
The celebration of the Cinco de Mayo is the third in importance in Mexico after the Independence Day on September 16th and the November 20th Revolution Day. Cinco de Mayo, however, is the biggest Mexican celebration in the United States.
Through the 19th century, despite two heroic stands against French invaders, the City of Puebla gained a reputation as a conservative, Catholic city whose Mexican patriotism was suspect. In 1847 the city refused to let General Santa Anna defend it against the invading US forces, who took it unopposed.
The French, in 1862 expected a welcome too, but the generals appointed by President Benito Juares to defend Puebla had other ideas. Ignacio de Zaragoza fortified the Hill of Guadalupe north of the city. On May 5, 1862 his 2000 military man and Puebla citizens, armed with home and farm tools, defeated a frontal attack by 6000 men of the best trained army of the time. |
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