2024 Houston Cinco de Mayo Parade to take over downtown on Saturday [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One of the city’s biggest Hispanic celebrations returns Saturday morning to Downtown Houston.

The LULAC District 8 Cinco de Mayo Parade will bring dozens of colorful vehicles and floats downtown, and a brand-new parade route just blocks from city hall.

ABC13 will be livestreaming all the sights and sounds on Saturday at 10 a.m.

The celebration is important to Mexican Americans, but is not, as it is often misidentified or confused with, Mexico’s Independence Day. (That would be El Grito on Sept. 16.)

Still, it’s pretty pivotal.

Cinco de Mayo actually commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla, during the Franco-Mexican War.

“For us, Cinco de Mayo is very precious, and it should definitely be appreciated not just by Latinos, but by everyone,” said Mary Ramos, who has been organizing the parade for 28 years. “Everyone in the community is welcome.”

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