Around the Moncada

Santiago's Moncada Barracks are most famous for what happened there on July 26th 1953; more than 100 revolutionaries led by the then little known Fidel Castro stormed Batista's troops there, Cuba's second-most important military garrison.  After the revolution the barracks were turned into a school, and now part of the school is a museum.  Bullet holes remain as a reminder of the attack in 1953.