Today is Ocho de Mayo. Join me in lifting a toast to General Zachary "Old Rough-and-Ready!" Taylor and his troops for their victory defending Palo Alto ( in Texas) from a Mexican Army attack in 1846, in the first major battle of the Mexican-American War.
For more info, I recommend http://www.grunts.net/wars/19thcentury/mexico/war1.html
Today is Camerone Day, one of the most sacred dates to the French Foreign Legion.
To find out more, I recommend http://www.amicale-online.ca/Hrecite.html, as well as the rest of that website.
Prior years' "What's New" entries are now here.
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