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Stateside with Rosalea: Cinco de Mayo, 2004 |
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Cinco de Mayo, 2004
On May 5, 1862, the Mexicans defeated Napoleon III at Puebla, and this date is celebrated with a national holiday in Mexico. Many cities here in the US that have a large Mexican population celebrate with a weekend parade.
These photos are of the May 2 trip I took on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to the Cinco de Mayo Parade in Fruitvale, a district in Oakland, California. The final photo is of the beautiful new, award-winning transit village, a project of the local Spanish Speaking Unity Council, that has just opened next to Fruitvale BART station.
US Department of Energy website:
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/success/fruitvale_bart.shtml
Spanish
Speaking Unity Council website:
http://www.unitycouncil.org/transitvillage.html

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BART entrance

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Young crowd

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Horses

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Village


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