Friday, May 5, 2017

CINCO DE MAYO

Today is May 5, the day commemorated in Mexico (and here, as well) as Cinco de Mayo, in remembrance of that country's 1862 victory in the Battle of Puebla.

One way to celebrate this day is to partake of some wonderful local Mexican cuisine available at several restaurants in this area.  (Some of our Bullis volunteers are planning to do just that!)

And - another way to commemorate this day is to stop by the Bullis Room and look through some of the books on Mexico. Here are two to get you started:


Mexico and the United States;
their mutual relations and common interests
by  Gorham Dummer Abbott (1807-1874
Published: New York, G. P. Putnam & Son, 1869

Mexico: the wonderland of the South
by William English Carson (1870 - )
Published: New York, Macmillan, 1912

As you know, you have an open invitation to look on the shelves for more books on this topic and any other area you're interested in. Remember ... the Bullis books are waiting! Please don't disappoint them!

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