AHEM ... Teacher Daisy has to interject.
We do Cinco De Mayo in NV also.
I have MANY Mexicans in my class. We did a whole unit on it.
Cinco de Mayo is not independence day - that is Sept 16th. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the anniversary of when the Mexicans defeated the French army in 1852. The French were trying to take over Mexico by force, and the Mexicans fought back.