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Not sure what Cinco de Mayo is all about? Well, you're not alone...here's the scoop:

Cinco de Mayo commemorates a military victory over France — not Spain. Why was Mexico at war with France? Because the Mexican government had defaulted on its foreign debt to several European countries, so France invaded our southern neighbor.

Napoleon III hoped to install a monarchy in Mexico (which he was able to do for a few years before Mexico ousted the French). "The French army was considered the best army in the world at the time, and they had not been defeated in decades...so this was a real David versus Goliath situation that inspired Mexicans at home and in the U.S.

This has nada to do with security...(well maybe peace of mind)... But i couldn't resist sharing what i walked by this morning as i entered Wholefoods downtown..

The world is changed by those who SPEAK UP. In 2008, a young traveler named Sean traveled through eastern Congo to learn about a war he knew nothing about. Just a few days later he found himself in a military encampment, where he met five boys being held prisoner by the national army. The boys had been child soldiers, taken from their homes and forced to fight, until one night they escaped and ran to the national army for refuge.

Now in the hands of their own military, they were being treated as enemies of the state. He spent the day with the boys, trading stories, laughter and tears.

After he and his partner worked with the UN to have the boys released. He went home that night and wrote the Falling Whistles journal. A single story of a single day. It was originally sent to about 80 friends and family, who forwarded it around the world.
Thousands of strangers wrote back asking:
what can we do? http://www.fallingwhistles.com