An emotional spectacle at the José Jacinto Milanés Theater in this city served as the cultural tribute to the 73rd anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, presided over by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic.

Directed by Dorys Méndez, the evening show titled “Voices of the People” became a song to memory, art, and national identity, featuring a 100 percent local cast from Pinar del Río.

Music, dance, and poetry paid tribute to the Fatherland and the sovereignty for which a group of young people decided to fight in 1953. Although it was a military defeat, it ignited a flame throughout the country that the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista could not extinguish.

Attendees enjoyed trova, bolero, and son music. Among those present were Bureau members of the Central Committee Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State; Manuel Marrero Cruz, Prime Minister of the Republic; Roberto Morales Ojeda, Organization Secretary of the Central Committee; Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Teresa Amarelle Boué, Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women.

In addition, Rebel Army Commander José Ramón Machado Ventura as well as political and government authorities attended the event.

Vocal Universo, the Arsis saxophone quintet, soloist Ana Cristina Pozo, among others, alongside recitations by young actors from Vueltabajo, were featured in the distinctly Cuban cast of the show.

Pinar del Río is a land of farmers, artists, and workers who strive every day to move forward, and this gala also constituted a tribute to them, whose efforts earned the territory the honor of hosting the central activities for July 26th.

On that morning of Saint Anne, with Fidel Castro at the helm, that group changed the course of the nation, guided by the ideals of José Martí.

The "José Jacinto Milanés" theater, one of the oldest in Latin America, was the venue chosen to honor history and its protagonists following its most major renovation in the last decade.