Aimee Preciado has been participating in her local Cinco de Mayo celebrations in McFarland, California, for almost a decade now. For a long time she thought the Mexican holiday celebrated the ...

As we raise our margarita glasses and dip into guacamole this Cinco de Mayo, it’s worth remembering why this celebration exists at all. Cinco de Mayo commemorates a Mexican victory over French ...

OREGON, Ohio — Students at Cardinal Stritch High School were serenaded in the hallways on Monday with traditional mariachi songs as the school celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a taste of Mexican culture.

Third-grade bilingual teacher Lydia Pegg said she helped organize the event so her students could share a piece of cultural heritage with others. "We have invited the other third-grade classes to come ...

“Where I was born, Cinco de Mayo wasn’t celebrated. It’s not celebrated because it’s a war we actually lost,” said Manuel Mejia Gonzalez, UO student and Ethnic Studies major who was born in Mexico.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Mexican-American heritage in the United States at one of these Chicago events for kids. Parks, restaurants, malls, and more are putting on events for kids to get them ...

FRED LYNCH ~ [email protected] Yolanda Weisenberger, right, assists Jalisa Handy in cooking Spanish rice for Cinco de Mayo on Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau Alternative Education Center.

Last week, some Vintage High School students burned a Mexican national flag on campus in protest of Cinco de Mayo, one of several such incidents on campuses around the country that sparked intense ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) -This Cinco de Mayo, local students honored traditions through dance, food and music. Holy Family Catholic School students spent the past few months learning traditional Mexican dances ...

Eisenhower High School students got a precious chance to enjoy food, sunshine and friends at the belated Cinco de Mayo festival May 12. A portion of South 44th Avenue was shut down in order to host ...

MERRILLVILLE -- Students in Helen Brandewie's Spanish classes had already learned about Latin Americans risking their lives for freedom, but only by watching videos and reading textbooks. Monday ...