In 1862, troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza stopped a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico — an event leading to the popular “Cinco de Mayo” celebration.
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Cinco de Mayo
Author: Redactor
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William H. Prescott
“In contemplating the religious system of the Aztecs, one is struck with its apparent incongruity, as if some portion of it had emanated from a comparatively refined people, open to gentle influences, while the rest breathes a spirit of unmitigated ferocity.”
William H. Prescott, History of the Conquest of Mexico, chapter three
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Wellington
“All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don’t know by what you do; that’s what I called ‘guessing what was at the other side of the hill.’”
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Great Historian
On May 4, 1796, American historian William H. Prescott was born. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Mexico and his Conquest of Peru remain classic works of well-researched, “scientific history.” Prescott, Arizona, was named in his honor.
This ain’t about the new royal baby. It’s about America’s rather old baby, royal-in-quotes, alas. Click on over to Townhall, then back here for R and D if not R and R.
Bernie Sanders:
- Washington Post: Exceedingly Social, But Doesn’t Like Parties
- CNN: Windfall at Bernie’s – Sanders raises $1.5 million in 24 hours
- Common Sense: Senator for the VA
Hillary Clinton:
- Media Research Center: Hillary Clinton’s Top 10 Scandals
- Townhall: Let’s Repeal Freedom of Speech?
- Open Secrets: Sen. Hillary Clinton
Wisconsin:
- Wisconsin John Doe
- O’Keefe v. Chisholm
- Townhall: Who is Eric O’Keefe?
- The Kelly File: Raids on Scott Walker Supporters
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Between the crosses
In 1791, the Constitution of May 3, the first modern constitution in Europe, was proclaimed by the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
On May 3 in 1915, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae composed the poem “In Flanders Fields.”
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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Video: Crackdown on Wisconsin Dissent
Here is the segment of The Kelly File mentioned on Monday.
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Run for the border
On May 2, 1989, Hungary began dismantling its border fence with Austria, allowing a number of East Germans to defect.
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Immanuel Kant
“The civil state regarded purely as a lawful state, is based on the following a priori principles:
- The freedom of every member of society as a human being.
- The equality of each with all the others as a subject.
- The independence of each member of a commonwealth as a citizen.
“These principles are not so much laws given by an already established state, as laws by which a state can alone be established in accordance with pure rational principles of external human right. ”
Immanuel Kant, Theory and Practice (1791)
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Great Exhibition
On May 1, 1851, Queen Victoria performed the ritual function of opening the Great Exhibition in London.
