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 May 1May Day Fill a basket with flowers today.  May 5Cinco de Mayo The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, "The Fifth of May", celebrates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. France’s Napoleon III wanted to establish a French empire in Mexico. On May 5, 1862, his well-trained army was defeated at the Battle of Puebla by a smaller force of Mexican militia. The events of May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) unified the Mexican people during a long struggle to maintain their independence. Today, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans celebrate the outcome of the battle with parades, festivals, and music.  May 12Mother's Day The observance of Mother's Day originated in 1907. Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia conceived the idea. On May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May Mother's Day.  May 20Victoria Day (Canada) Commemorates the May 24, 1819, birthday of Britain's Queen Victoria. It is a legal holiday in all Canadian provinces except Quebec.  May 25Full Flower Moon Flowers spring forth in abundance this month. Some Algonquin tribes knew this full Moon as the Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.  May 27Memorial Day Memorial Day, or Decoration Day as it was first known, is a day to honor fallen soldiers and to decorate graves in towns and cities throughout the nation.
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