Presented by Dr. Roy E. Howard, Western New Mexico University Gallup Graduate Studies Center

Information about Cinco de Mayo from Cantos Para Todos

Setting the context

1598
Thanksgiving
Juan de Oñate has Thanksgiving Dinner on the Rio Grande with the Pueblo People, April 30



1680
Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo Revolt casts out Spanish influence for thirteen years


1810
Mexican Revolution
September 16: Miguel Hidalgo initiates freedom from Spain for our part of New Spain


1848
Mexican War
July 4: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: the U.S. promises rights of language, religion, education to those who stay in the North


1912
Statehood
January 6, President Taft signs Proclamation admitting New Mexico as a state into the Union


1948
The Right to Vote
Miguel Trujillo takes action to secure voting rights for NM Indians


1862
Cinco de Mayo
General Ignacio Zaragoza leads the townspeople and Indian tribes to victory over the French Invaders at Puebla



2000
Our Class
Led by the example of the President and the Governor, New Mexico students clean up the environment, making a better place for future generations

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Presented by Dr. Roy E. Howard, Western New Mexico University Gallup Graduate Studies Center