The history of Cinco De Mayo (#makinghistoryawesome)
It was a cold Tuesday morning in Hawthorne, California about 15 minutes before the bell was schedule to ring when the family parked their car out in front of the school. The daughter smiled and said "Mom tell me a story." "What type of story?" asked the mom. "With a unicorn!" exclaimed the daughter. Since it was May 5 - Cinco De Mayo and the family was partly of Mexican decent and the mother was such a quick thinker (shameless plug for my awesomeness) she pulled together the following story. "OK, how about a history lesson? Once upon a time (come on all children’s stories start like that, it makes them listen better) there was a Unicorn named Pepe (how do you know Unicorns don’t exist?) Pepe gathered together all of his family and friends: Manuel, Jesus, Lupita, Maria, Salvador, Cesar and Nacho (what? I was at a loss for Hispanic names this morning) and he told them that today (May 5, 1862) was the day that they would help...