26TH of JULY, 1953 The only way (tags)
JULY 26, 1953 saw a singular event in 51 years of the island’s republican history. The country was shaken by rumors of an armed assault on the garrisons of Moncada in Santiago de Cuba and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes in the city of Bayamo. There was talk of a group of around 120 youths, approximately 60 of whom were massacred during or after the event.