04-28-2021, 12:39 PM
davester wrote:
[quote=DeusxMac]
[quote=Lux Interior]
Reminds me of my gringo ignorance when, in my first year in France, I asked some of my French colleagues if they did anything for Cinco de Mayo.
They weren't offended, they just had no idea that it was a significant date in history (all 20-somethings).
To be fair, how many of your Stateside colleagues do anything for Bastille Day? Or even know what it is?
Ditto. This has nothing to do with 20-somethings. Why would anyone in France know what Cinco de Mayo or July 4 represents? Similarly, do you know what June 2, the Festa Della Repubblica is about, or perhaps October 3, Tag der Deutschen Einheit, or even July 1, Canada Day? Americans are so self-centered!
I'm pretty sure the French were very much involved in May 5, 1862. It has nothing to do with it being an obscure, foreign holiday.