A book and a tabloid related to the Moncada attack, led by young revolutionaries and Fidel Castro on July 26, 1953, will be launched in this city during the celebration of that event.
Dr. Aida Morales, head of the authors' team of the volume "Testigos patrimoniales de una gesta heroica" (Witnesses of a heroic deed), said that historic and graphical elements surrounding areas which was the second military fortress in Cuba are included in its three parts.
The military enclave itself , the Palace of Justice and the then Civil Hospital, also attacked that Sunday, and the Siboney Farm, which was used serve as camp to the attackers some hours before the event, are included in the nine articles, he said.
The ancient Normal School for Teachers, the current Libertadores Avenue, in the final stretch of the highway, the mausoleum to the fallen during that action in the Santa Ifigenia cemetery are other sites mentioned by the specialist of the Curator's Office of the City.
Historical researches that shed new light on the Moncada heriroc deed will be included in the tabloid "Tribute to Heroes," also prepared by students of the Office of the Historian of the City, led by its director, Dr. Olga Portuondo, National Prizewinner on Social Science and History.