With apologies to my many Mexican Friends... I forgot to re-post this today. There were a bunch of hits on the original post. I used to teach my students all about what we are celebrating on Cinco De Mayo. On the 5th of May, a great battle took place that was similar to those battles that helped the United States of America earn and keep independence from Great Britain. In the case of the Battle of Puebla it was between the French and the Mexicans. In the case of the USA it was between the Americans and the British. In both cases the New World was fighting against the Old World powers.
So here are the original posts. Although originally they were separate posts with one in English and one in Spanish. It makes sense to post it in Spanish since that is the National language of Mexico.
These drawings, in printable form, can be found by clicking on Holidays and scrolling down to Cinco De Mayo... or Independence Day. So Happy Cinco de Mayo or Feliz Cinco de Mayo. Yes, I do speak Spanish and I lived in Guatemala and lived and studied in Mexico during my college years. With this pandemic going around I could not celebrate Cinco De Mayo like I usually do.
I included two drawings I did previously of the Battle of Baltimore... where the Star-Spangled Banner was written. The Battle of Puebla drawing was also done previously. Lastly, I hope that you all get my message that our history, here in the United States of America, has some real similarities to our Mexican neighbors to our South. Drawings and original posts follow. Scroll down. . .
Con disculpas a mis muchos amigos mexicanos... Olvidé volver a publicar esto hoy. Hubo un montón de éxitos en la publicación original. Solía enseñar a mis estudiantes todo acerca de lo que estamos celebrando en el Cinco de Mayo. El 5 de mayo, tuvo lugar una gran batalla que fue similar a las batallas que ayudaron a los Estados Unidos de América a ganar y mantener la independencia de Gran Bretaña. En el caso de la Batalla de Puebla fue entre los franceses y los Mexicanos. En el caso de los Estados Unidos fue entre los estadounidenses y los británicos. En ambos casos, el Nuevo Mundo estaba luchando contra las potencias del Viejo Mundo.
Así que aquí están las publicaciones originales. Aunque originalmente eran puestos separados con uno en inglés y otro en español. Tiene sentido publicarlo en español ya que es el idioma nacional de México.
Estos dibujos, en forma imprimible, se pueden encontrar haciendo clic en Vacaciones y desplazándose hacia abajo hasta Cinco De Mayo... o Día de la Independencia. Tan feliz Cinco de Mayo o Feliz Cinco de Mayo. Sí, hablo español y viví en Guatemala y viví y estudié en México durante mis años universitarios. Con esta pandemia dando vueltas no pude celebrar el Cinco de Mayo como suelo hacer.
Incluí dos dibujos que hice anteriormente de la Batalla de Baltimore... donde se escribió el estandarte estelar. El dibujo de la Batalla de Puebla también se realizó anteriormente. Por último, espero que todos ustedes reciban mi mensaje de que nuestra historia, aquí en los Estados Unidos de América, tiene algunas similitudes reales con nuestros vecinos mexicanos de nuestro Sur.
Battle of Puebla
(La Batalla de Puebla)
Many people think that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico's independence day. It is not. It is a celebration of a great Mexican Army victory over invading French troops. Emperor Napoleon III of France was trying to force Mexico to pay their debts and he also saw the Mexican default on loans as a chance to spread his empire into the New World. This could not have happened due to the USA non-interference Monroe Doctrine. . . however, the United States was rather busy with our own civil war in 1862.
The Mexican army was commanded by a 33-year-old general named Ignacio Zaragoza. His cavalry general was named Porfirio Diaz. The French commander was General Charles Lorentz.
Lorentz's army of 6,000 crack French troops attacked a small essentially militia force made up of somewhere between 2,000 and 4,500 Mexican citizen soldiers. Most of the Mexican army were probably farmers. The French were professional soldiers just from much experience in European wars. They were also well equipped with state of the art muskets and bayonets. The Mexican Army had some firearms but many of the farmers were armed only with machetes. That is rather amazing.
The battle started at dawn and went til dusk. The French charged twice with artillery support. For their third charge the French artillery was out of ammunition so the infantry charged without artillery support. The French army was driven back all three times. A cavalry charge by General Diaz was the last straw and the French army withdrew.
Napoleon III must have considered this an affront to his aspirations for spreading his empire and so he sent 30,000 reinforcements to Mexico and eventually they took Puebla and Mexico City. But the First Battle of Puebla had given the Mexicans the confidence that they could fight the French. Although Napoleon III put his cousin Maxamillian on the throne in Mexico, it did not last. After only a few years the Mexicans deposed him and executed him via firing squad. So the Mexican people got the rule of their own country back.
Some think that by then the American Civil War was over so Napoleon III did not want to face off against a highly armed and mobilized USA. In fact, I think the US ambassador told Napoleon III that he better get out of Mexico. So he withdrew his support of Maxamillian, which led to Maxamillian losing his throne and his life.
With their knowledge that they really could stand up to the French the Mexicans took their country back. I think the Battle of Puebla is sort of like the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. Those battles showed the American colonists that they could stand up to the British Army. Like the Mexicans, we Americans lost a lot of battles before we won a few. We Americans did not win independent rule until many years of war went by and we defeated the British at the Battle of Yorktown. Interestingly enough, we were aided by the French.
The general in the drawing is General Zaragoza and some of his army at the start of the battle. The individual drawing of the horse and each soldier were drawn independently and then I cut them out to place them in layers on the drawing.
The Mexican army was commanded by a 33-year-old general named Ignacio Zaragoza. His cavalry general was named Porfirio Diaz. The French commander was General Charles Lorentz.
Lorentz's army of 6,000 crack French troops attacked a small essentially militia force made up of somewhere between 2,000 and 4,500 Mexican citizen soldiers. Most of the Mexican army were probably farmers. The French were professional soldiers just from much experience in European wars. They were also well equipped with state of the art muskets and bayonets. The Mexican Army had some firearms but many of the farmers were armed only with machetes. That is rather amazing.
The battle started at dawn and went til dusk. The French charged twice with artillery support. For their third charge the French artillery was out of ammunition so the infantry charged without artillery support. The French army was driven back all three times. A cavalry charge by General Diaz was the last straw and the French army withdrew.
Napoleon III must have considered this an affront to his aspirations for spreading his empire and so he sent 30,000 reinforcements to Mexico and eventually they took Puebla and Mexico City. But the First Battle of Puebla had given the Mexicans the confidence that they could fight the French. Although Napoleon III put his cousin Maxamillian on the throne in Mexico, it did not last. After only a few years the Mexicans deposed him and executed him via firing squad. So the Mexican people got the rule of their own country back.
Some think that by then the American Civil War was over so Napoleon III did not want to face off against a highly armed and mobilized USA. In fact, I think the US ambassador told Napoleon III that he better get out of Mexico. So he withdrew his support of Maxamillian, which led to Maxamillian losing his throne and his life.
With their knowledge that they really could stand up to the French the Mexicans took their country back. I think the Battle of Puebla is sort of like the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. Those battles showed the American colonists that they could stand up to the British Army. Like the Mexicans, we Americans lost a lot of battles before we won a few. We Americans did not win independent rule until many years of war went by and we defeated the British at the Battle of Yorktown. Interestingly enough, we were aided by the French.
The general in the drawing is General Zaragoza and some of his army at the start of the battle. The individual drawing of the horse and each soldier were drawn independently and then I cut them out to place them in layers on the drawing.
En la Batalla de Puebla solomente 2,000 Mexicanos derrotado 6,000 soldados del ejercito de Francia. Los soldados de Francia ejercito Frances era fomoados de soldados profesionales. El ejercito de Mexico era por la mayor parte granjeros. En General de Mexico que gano' la batalla fue nombrado Ignacio Zaragoza. General Zaragoza nacio' en Texas. El tenia solomente 33 anos el dia de la batalla. Tambien el General Perfirio Diaz ayudo' Mexico mucho en la batalla por medio de un ataque de calvario. Con un tercer de soldados es un miraglo que los Mexicanos gano' la Batalla de Puebla.
Menos que 100 Mexicanos murieron en la batalla. Casi 500 soldados de Francia murieron.
Despures de el derrota de su ejercito en Puebla, el Emperador Napoeon III, de Francia mando' 30,000 mas soldados a Mexico. Eventualmente Fracia gano' la guerra, pero despues de algunos anos el ejercito y govierno de Francia fueron expulsados. La primer Batalla de Puebla dio' los Mexicanos la confianza que teneia el poder luchar el ejercito de Francia.
En este dibujo de la Batalla de Puebla cada soldado Mexicano, y el General con su caballo, eran dibujados individualmente y yo corto' cada uno y pegue' sobre el campo. NO era facil. El general sobre el caballo es General Zaragoza y el dibujo es de la primer minutos de la batalla.
Menos que 100 Mexicanos murieron en la batalla. Casi 500 soldados de Francia murieron.
Despures de el derrota de su ejercito en Puebla, el Emperador Napoeon III, de Francia mando' 30,000 mas soldados a Mexico. Eventualmente Fracia gano' la guerra, pero despues de algunos anos el ejercito y govierno de Francia fueron expulsados. La primer Batalla de Puebla dio' los Mexicanos la confianza que teneia el poder luchar el ejercito de Francia.
En este dibujo de la Batalla de Puebla cada soldado Mexicano, y el General con su caballo, eran dibujados individualmente y yo corto' cada uno y pegue' sobre el campo. NO era facil. El general sobre el caballo es General Zaragoza y el dibujo es de la primer minutos de la batalla.
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