[NYTr] Cuba Ready for 26th of July Celebrations; Raul to Speak Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:20:53 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Raul Castro to Address 26 July Rally Havana, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's First Vice President Raul Castro will speak on Thursday at the central act for the Anniversary of the Attack on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Garrisons, to be staged at the Cuban province of Camaguey. The ceremony will begin at 7:30 am local time at Maj. Gen. Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz Revolution Square of that province, 330 miles east of Havana. According to Granma daily, more than 100,000 Camaguey residents are expected to attend the act for the 54th anniversary of this event. Veterans of those historic actions and participants in the expedition of Granma, yacht in which fighters arrived in Cuba from Mexico in December 1956, will also take part in the anniversary ceremony. During the patriotic celebration, Camaguey Province will receive the flag for achieving the distinction of the venue for the 26th of July. hr ccs ajs crc PL-14 *** Granma Daily - Jul 25, 2007 http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art54.html Raul Castro to Deliver Main Speech at National Rebellion Day Celebration First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro Ruz, will make the main speech at the celebration for the day of national rebellion on Thursday, July 26, to take place at 7:30 am at the Major General Ignacio Agramonte Revolution Square, in the eastern Cuban province of Camaguey. The celebration commemorates the 54th anniversary of the heroic attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes barracks by revolutionary forces that intended to overthrow Fulgencio Batistabs dictatorship at the time. More than 100,000 people from Camaguey will participate in the event, together with several of the figures directly involved in those historic attacks and some of the Cuban revolutionaries who returned to Cuba from Mexico on board the Granma yacht to fight Batistabs tyranny in 1956. Others participating will include party leaders, government and state officials, members of the Young Communist League, other grassroots organizations and members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (the Cuban Army) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT). At the celebration, Camaguey will be awarded the flag that is traditionally given to the province honored by being named the main site for the commemoration. In addition, the provinces of Havana City, Granma and Villa Clara will also receive recognition for the efforts made this year. National television and radio networks, Cubavision International and Radio Havana Cuba will broadcast this important ceremony. * ================================================================ .NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems . Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us . .339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org .List Archives: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ .Subscribe: https://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ================================================================