Fill in each blank with a suitable word. Holidays and festivals connect the present (1) with the past. One of the newest holidays in the United States is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated on the third Monday of January. It (2) the contributions and teachings of a man who led the civil rights movement of the 1960s. For religious and ethnic groups, holidays and festivals are a way to (3)__________ their roots. The Jewish festival of Passover celebrates the successful journey of the Jewish people from enslavement in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. At a special meal called a Seder, every food serves (4) a reminder of the sufferings of the Jews in Egypt. People of Mexican heritage remember the events of May 5, 1862, on Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for 'Fifth of May'). On that day, Mexico's army stopped a much larger French army (5) was trying to take over Mexico.
