Measuring the Social Pulse on Cinco de Mayo

Twitter conversations surrounding Cinco de Mayo ran the full gamut, from fun runs to themed parties to reminders about the holiday's cultural relevance. The collection below is just a small biopsy of the conversational stream.

What's Cinco de Mayo really about?: The Mexican holiday's link to slavery, Black civil rights. huff.to/Jf58GH

— BlackVoices (@blackvoices) May 2, 2012

Cinco De Mayo Aka. Cinco De Drunko

— iℒℴѵℯ LaReina(@iLoveLaReina) May 2, 2012

just realized cinco de mayo is saturday.... i love celebrating that day! #mexi #tequila

— Rachel Vogel (@RacheyBachey) May 2, 2012

Are you ready to celebrate Cinco De Mayo??We still have party goods, serapes, and sombreros left.

— Halloween Club (@HalloweenClub) May 2, 2012

Organizers call it "the coolest Spring race in town." Maybe. The Cinco de Mayo run IS a lot of fun ow.ly/aDHXm

— KPNW Health Ed(@HealthyLivingNW) May 2, 2012

Good things come to tweeps who find their beach this Cinco de Mayo. #CincoCorona

— Corona (@Corona) May 3, 2012

20 recipes from @coastalliving that bring the flavor of Mexico right to your Cinco de Mayo celebration: bit.ly/ISNRoX

— LaylaGrayce (@LaylaGrayce) May 3, 2012

Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with Red Raider Softball - Saturday at 1pm at Rocky Johnson Field -> Check out this yfrog.com/ny27jngj

— Texas Tech Athletics (@TechAthletics) May 3, 2012

PHOTO:VP at Cinco de Mayo breakfast w/ Mexican Ambassador to US Arturo Sarukhan, @Interior Sec. Salazar & Cecilia Munoz twitter.com/VP/status/1981"¦

— Office of VP Biden (@VP) May 3, 2012