Delavan's Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday
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Mexican and United States flags line Walworth Ave. in downtown Delavan in preparation for the community's annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. Dan Plutchak/staff.
DELAVAN -- Delavan will hold its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday downtown.
The community event will include a mariachi festival, live music and food vendors.
Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862.
The festival caps a week of events commemorating the holiday throughout Walworth County.
In downtown Whitewater Tuesday, the TRIO Mariachi Band, UW-Whitewater’s ALMA Dancers the Waukesha 4-H Club and Razas Unidas dance troupe performed.
At Delavan-Darien High School, DDHS, with a student population that is more than 28 percent Latino, the holiday was recognized with several events.
An all-school assembly was held Wednesday morning, featured two Latino students explaining what Cinco de Mayo is to the student body.

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