This year, in the early morning of July 26, around the same time as the attacks were launched, a limited number of citizens, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, paid tribute to the heroes and martyrs of the attacks at the Santa Ifigenia Patrimonial Cemetery. Although the attacks were unsuccessful, the rebellion marked the beginning of the Cuban revolution and laid the foundation for the anti-imperialist movement that eventually defeated Batista’s military dictatorship on January 1, 1959. The attacks were launched with the aim of securing the barracks, seizing the arms there, and taking forward their movement to overthrow the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. On this day in 1953, Commander Fidel Castro with over a hundred young revolutionaries attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba, while another group of revolutionaries attacked the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes military garrison in Bayamo. This July 26 marked the 68th anniversary of Cuba’s National Rebellion Day.
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Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants by H. With this, I loved that Burg created such a strong, empowered female character. Burg created such a great family and made readers feel true empathy for their plight and hope, without a doubt, that they manage to overcome their current devastating situation. Readers get to see what it is like living in rural Haiti as a young child with mounts of pressure on you to provide for your family. This story is, at its core, all about the strong bond of one family. These three adjectives describe Burg’s novel. Serafina must now quickly cope with her new surroundings, though, in order to save her baby brother. All of these dreams are shaken, however, by a massive earthquake that renders her village and the majority of her countryside obsolete. She wants to get an education and become a doctor, just like Dr. Serafina has higher aspirations than this, though. Summary: Serafina, a young girl in Haiti, is always working hard to help her family survive and to make ends meet in their impoverished community. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease were the incidents of half an hour.īut the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless, and sagacious. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest-ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleedings at the pores, with dissolution. Blood was its Avator and its seal - the redness and the horror of blood. No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous. The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. Hear “The Masque of the Red Death” read aloud. The young couple entertaining their five-year old daughter at the poolside seemed content. However, I decided to comply with his wishes. At first, I refused, stating this is most uncommon. A friend of mine, Mark Sheerin, asked me if it would be possible to include him in one of my novels. Never before have I written a novel that included factual characters, but this is an exception. Dedicationsĭedicated to Sue and my sons, Anthony and Adrian.Īlso to my late wife, Carol, who will never be forgotten. No parts of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission from the author, except for the quotations in a review. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead is coincidental and not intended by the author.Īll rights reserved. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. 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