Melba Hernandez the heroine of Moncada attack

On July 25, 1953 at Siboney Farm in Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cub, Melba Hernandez, along with Haydee Santamaria, ironed uniforms  and prepared the limited food  for young people who hours later attacked Moncada barrack.

Fifty-seven years later, the brave heroine celebrated in advance her 89 birthday, with songs and poems that gave her the pioneers, whose commitments and feelings, said Sergei Martin Guerra, president of the organization in the province when he highlighted that Cuban men and women will always defend the nation.

Melba Hernandez was accompanied by the most the highest authorities of the province, Julio Corzo Ramiro Lima, and Alexander Rodríguez Rosada, and Moncada combatants and Granma yatch’s expedition members as well as special guests to celebration.

"I see all of you”, Melba said very moved “we are the same and are the ones who are always willing to teach that there is nothing more than defend the country when necessary, because this is the homeland of us all. This is the homeland of those who are not with us, which first have to remember, to which we must and we always "

Melba Hernandez’s ideals was present in her birthday, in her native Cruces, Cienfuegos where she was born on July 28, 1921 this woman who participated in the attack to the Civil Hospital, along with Haydee Santa Maria, highlighted the revolutionary spirit of the Cuban women.

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