Guantanamo.- With a tribute to Generalissimo Máximo Gómez Báez, the National Day of the Cuban Historian begins today in Guantánamo, as it does throughout the country. This event, organized by the Cuban Historians Association (UNHIC), will run until July 31st.
Its objective is to highlight the significance of history in the Cuban context and encourage the active participation of the community of academics dedicated to historiography. This year, the event pays tribute not only to the outstanding General Gómez, on the 120th anniversary of his death, but also to Eusebio Leal Spengler, a prominent historian of Havana, who passed away on July 31, 2020.
Milais Piñeda Lazo, Organizational Secretary of the Provincial Secretariat of the Union of Historians in Guantánamo, stated that the kickoff event took place at the University of Medical Sciences, where the grassroots section, chaired by Professor of Marxism-Leninism and History Magalís Sánchez Turcaz convened a special morning meeting with students and professors to honor Gómez, a senior Dominican military officer who served in the Cuban Wars of Independence.
Piñeda Lazo also confirmed that the University of Medical Sciences is planning to hold the “Magdalena Cantillo Frómeta” provincial event on June 28th. This event will allow members of the UNHIC and researchers from the province to present their research work, which will be selected for the National History Congress to be held in October in the province of Las Tunas.
On July 1st, the National Act for Cuban Historian’s Day will be held in Guantánamo at the Mariana Grajales Coello Plaza. Jorge Luis Aneiros Alonso, National President of the UNHIC and Director of the Office of Historical Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba, will be present at the act. The event will also honor the most prominent Guantanamo intellectuals and grassroots groups in the territory.
Likewise, historians from the Upper East do efforts to rescue and beautify important plaques, monuments, and historical sites in our province, while participating in book presentations, promoting outstanding scientific works. They also exchange life stories about the organization’s founders.
