Santiago de Cuba saw the birth of a Mariana Grajales, woman who shines with her own light, a woman who rises like a star over an entire people, who honors her from the deep admiration that are capable of making the progenitors sprout, .
Mariana Grajales stands over Cuba and the world, spartan and accurate in an unbeatable banner with her immense moral.
Revered as the mother of the homeland, she was the exemplary progenitor who offered her children and with them the most valuable thing that any woman has: her blood.
Maceos’ mother was born in Santiago de Cuba, on July 12, 1815. Daughter of Dominican emigrants with a marked position in the Cuban countryside in the vicinity of San Luis.
Mariana Grajales: firmness and patriotism
Her native Santiago de Cuba, remembers her as a woman who transcends for her ethical conduct, her clear lights, her temper, because Mariana Grajales is a legacy that inspires, is loyalty that strengthens the firmness, is patriotism.
Where can you find a more complete symbol of Cuban identity?
This legendary Mambisa, mother of the Homeland, is distinguished by the lineage of the Maceos, whose sons she sent to the war for the Independence of Cuba and marched herself to the manigua in a gesture of infinite love for her Homeland.
At the distance of 208 years from the birth of the loving mother for the unknown Cuban, Mariana Grajales walks her Santiago de Cuba, with powerful strength of warrior without limits, grateful for the conquered work.
Just on the 70th anniversary of the Moncada, her image of heroic woman, devoted to her children and to the freedom of her Cuba, perpetuates in glory until eternity.
