[Ravensfort] Cinco de Mayo

James Northfolke jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com
Tue May 5 12:30:56 PDT 2009


Hmmmm.  I think I'll hang with VNV today instead.


Shanahan wrote:
> Fermented mare's milk.... not beer.
>  
> Shanahan
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> *From:* James Northfolke <jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com>
> *To:* byzytym <byzytym at att.net>
> *Cc:* A Kindness Of Ravens <ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2009 8:21:00 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Ravensfort] Cinco de Mayo
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> Happy Kublai Khan Day!
>
> Kublai (grandson of Genghis) elected Khan on 5 May 1260
>
> Not sure what kind of beer to drink for that.  Charles?
>
> j
>
>
> byzytym wrote:
> > Cinco de Mayo salutations, y'all.
> > This celebration has always seemed a little strange to me.
> > It is a celebration of Mexico's victory over the French at the 
> battle of Puebla on the 5th of May 1862.
> > The dirty little secret about this is the fact that on May 17th 1863 
> the French retook the city.
> > The French had invaded Mexico because it was not making payments on 
> debts to its European lenders.
> > Not wanting to be cheated on good faith loans France did not 
> discourage easily.
> > They went on to capture the Capital and on May 28th 1864 Maximilian 
> was formally crowned Emperor of Mexico.
> > So May turned out to be a pretty good month for the French after all.
> > Unfortunately for France, the American Civil War came to an end the 
> next year.
> > Had it not been for the U.S. freebees to the Mexican rebels most 
> people in south Texas would now hear les sons du francais.
> > Being from Louisiana, I would not mind that at all.
> > Perhaps Mexico should pick another month and day to celebrate since 
> the May 5th victory was so short lived.
> > As for me, today I will adorn myself with the fleur de lis and seek 
> a sassy French beer.
> >  I include wikipedia sites not so much for the accuracy of their 
> facts, but rather for the cool art work they usually use.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intervention_in_Mexico
> >  Paix,
> > MARIVS
> >  "what shall it profit a man,
> > if he shall gain the whole world,
> > and lose his own soul ?"
> >  
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