[NYTr] Cuba Ready for 26th of July Celebrations; Raul to Speak

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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.

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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 Batista’s 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 Batista’s 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.