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The Goddess Flora, Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634–1705), ca. 1697

The Floralia was a festival in ancient Roman religious practice in honor of the goddess Flora, held April 27 during the Republican era, or April 28 in the Julian calendar. The festiva

• 1: Beltane, a feast of fire and fertility
• 1: Samhain (Southern Hemisphere), the witches' new year.
• 1: Roman festival of the fertility goddess Bona Dea
• 5: Cinco de Mayo
• 12: Celtic Tree Month of Willow ends
• 12: Mother's Day
• 13: Celtic Tree Month of H

The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, “The Fifth of May”, celebrates the victory of the Mexicans over the French army in 1862.

Shortly before the battle on May 5th Benito Juarez announced to his people:

The government of the republic will fulfill its duty