Choose one of the following holidays to investigate and write a brief description about it: Guadalupe Day, Cinco de Mayo, La Navidad, Las Posadas, Three Kings Day, the Day of the Dead. Please use formal writing and have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the Mexican army's victory over France at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 during the Franco-Mexican War. ... They decided to send their troops to Mexico.

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday. So why does the United States celebrate it more? Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo doesn't commemorate Mexico's Independence Day. May 5 marks the Mexican army's victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862.

Cinco de Mayo Isn't Mexico's Independence Day. ...

The Mexican Army Beat Crazy Odds. ...

The General Was Honored in a Super Special Way. ...

Families in California Partied First. ...

FDR Helped Commercialize Cinco de Mayo. ...

Mexico Celebrates the Military on May 5. ...

It's All About the Mole Sauce.

Explanation:

Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish: “Fifth of May”) also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. In honor of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III. In Mexico, Cinco de Mayo isn't a federal holiday, which means businesses, including banks and stores, are open. In fact, outside the town of Puebla, the day isn't widely celebrated in the country, making this more of an American holiday anyway.

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)