Cinco de Mayo!

Cinco de Mayo (not to be confused with Mexico's independence day) is an American celebration, that originated in Texas. It commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's unlikely victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Led by Texas-born General Ignacio Zaragoza in Goliad in 1829, when Texas was part of Mexico and only a few years before Texas Independence. Several of the illustrious leaders of the Battle of Puebla had direct roots in South Texas. According to some leading historians, more than 500 Tejanos were recruited to fight at Puebla. Cinco de Mayo isn’t a huge holiday in Mexico, but it’s evolved over the years in the U.S. as a day to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage through festivals, food, drinks, and parades. By the 1930s, the holiday spread and was considered an opportunity to celebrate Mexican identity.
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We celebrate this with images of the San Antonio Central Library by Mexican Architect @legorreta_arqs, and this link to their website project post. Legorreta was an artist and designer whose work was always aligned with the environment. He never forgot to design buildings for the people who used them. Being that San Antonio is a predominately Hispanic American city, residents were delighted that a distinguished Mexican architect had been chosen to design the library because of his enduring influence on the history and practice of architecture.

Photo credits include Scott Ball & various Google Image sources. Please notify for credit.