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But on the 150th anniversary of the holiday, Hayes-Bautista is announcing that he happened upon the true origins of Cinco de Mayo -- the 5th of May -- after poring over Spanish-language newspapers in California from the mid-1800s while working on another research project.
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"I'm seeing how in the minds of the Spanish-reading public in California that they were basically looking at one war with two fronts, one against the Confederacy in the east and the other against the French in the south, " Hayes-Bautista said in an interview with CNN.
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These were originally done in two distinct styles of early Santa Barbara architecture, California Craftsman and Spanish Colonial Revival, and Orient-Express worked closely with the Historic Landmarks Commission to refurbish them in accordance with historical regulations and in an environmentally sensitive way, while offering guests with every modern convenience and luxury.
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