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The national flag of Cuba (Bandera nacional de Cuba) consists of five alternating stripes (three navy blue and two white) and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the Estrella Solitaria, or the Lone Star flag. [1]
Standard of the prime minister of Cuba: 1898-1902 1906–1909: Flag of United States Military Government in Cuba: 1960: The flag of Brigade 2506; a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles formed in 1960 to attempt the military overthrow of the Cuban government headed by Fidel Castro. [19] [20] 1933: Flag of the Cuban Revolution of 1933 [21]
Miguel Teurbe Tolón y de la Guardia (September 20, 1820 – November 16, 1857) was a Cuban playwright, poet, and the creator of the coat of arms of Cuba and the flag of Cuba. In 1849, Tolón was declared an enemy of Spain and was forced into exile in the United States. [1] While in the United States, Tolón was a freemason. [1]
National flag: Flag of Cuba: A 1:2 rectangular flag, consisting of five blue and white alternating horizontal stripes, with a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, bearing a white, five-pointed star in its center. It was designed by Narciso López and Miguel Teurbe Tolón, and adopted on May 20, 1849. National emblem: Coat of arms of Cuba
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In 1898, the first two descriptions of the design of the flag of Puerto Rico appeared in Memoria de los trabajos realizados por la Sección Puerto Rico del Partido Revolucionario Cubano, 1895–1998 (Memoir of the work accomplished by the Puerto Rico Section of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, 1895–1898), a recollection on the activities of the ...
The 26 July Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de julio; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro.The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The monument is part of $1.5 million in improvements made to the community park in Flagami.