Individuals receive lunch and pandemic kits during a Cinco de Mayo celebration, provided by Viva Zapata’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina, at the Salvation Army in North Las Vegas, on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The holiday celebrates the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Mexico began the holiday in 1862, but
does not recognize it nationally anymore. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)