"Mark Preston" > wrote in message
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> To all the people below my ORIGINAL post, namely:
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> |-14 Jim Lane Apr 26, 2004
> |-15 Rich and Patti Apr 27, 2004
> | \-16 Bob Dietz Apr 27, 2004
> \-17 Race Bannon Apr 27, 2004
> \-18 Johnny Quest Apr
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> I am asking why the United States had decided to celebrate a holiday
> of another country.
>
There are 63 million Mexicans in the US.
Texas and California, the largest of the continental states
are inextricably linked to Mexico by history and population.
That's why.