Many celebrations of Cinco de Mayo owe a debt to these rolling fields of blue agave, or agave azul, the source material required to make genuine tequila. The distilled spirit is to Mexico what Scotch whisky is to Scotland and sake to Japan. Tequila is also the base ingredient in the beloved margarita cocktail certain to be served in abundance today.
Cinco de Mayo
Today in History
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Reflections on Memorial Day
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Holidays in the Venetian Lagoon
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All in a day s work
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The Badlands celebrates a milestone
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Full moon
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Fall for Chile
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Honoring the rangers on World Ranger Day
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Toledo, Spain
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
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These patterns tell a story
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A river runs through it
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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World Otter Day
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Flamingos of the Chilean desert
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The glowing waters of the Matsu Islands
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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Art in the high desert
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Aloe in bloom
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The smoke before the bonfire
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Where is this wintry road?
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Monet still makes an impression
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Bear watching in the Finnish forest