El dieciocho de febrero/February 18th
¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Perucho Figueredo! (1818-1870)
A Cuban poet, musician, and soldier, he fought against the Spanish in the Ten Years War for Independence (1868-1878). He was captured by the Spanish and executed on August 17th, 1870. His daughter, Candelaria Figueredo, became a hero of the uprising as well by carrying the flag of the newly independent Cuba into battle in 1868 (though Spain would officially rule the island for thirty more years, until the War of 1898, or the Spanish American War, as it is often referred to in the United States). Perucho Figueredo is perhaps best known for writing the national anthem of Cuba, El Himno de Bayamo, or La Bayamesa. Because February 18th, 2018 marks the bicentennial of his birth, the town of Bayamo in Granma Province, Cuba prepared a gala to honor his legacy (click HERE for the article on this, on a clearly state sponsored site with copious tributes to Fidel Castro. It should be noted that Figueredo lived long before Castro and, like José Martí, has been claimed as hero by both Cubans on the island and Cuban expatriates). Lorraine and Alan Perry, descendants of Figueredo in Wilmington, North Carolina, maintain a site dedicated to him. Click HERE.
For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.
Other February 18th birthdays:
Pedro Lascuráin (1856-1952): The President of Mexico for 45 minutes (yes, that's a record. It's a long story that has to do with Lascuráin's support of Madero in the Mexican Revolution, and his attempt to save Madero's life in the 1913 coup d'etat by Victoriano Huerta (Lascuráin convinced Madero to step down to save his life, Huerta made Lascuráin President, and then Lascuráin stepped down 45 minutes later)).
Juelz Santanta (1982- ): An American rapper and actor born in Harlem, New York City, he is part Dominican.
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| From cubadebate.cu. Click HERE. (also a state sponsored Cuban site). |
A Cuban poet, musician, and soldier, he fought against the Spanish in the Ten Years War for Independence (1868-1878). He was captured by the Spanish and executed on August 17th, 1870. His daughter, Candelaria Figueredo, became a hero of the uprising as well by carrying the flag of the newly independent Cuba into battle in 1868 (though Spain would officially rule the island for thirty more years, until the War of 1898, or the Spanish American War, as it is often referred to in the United States). Perucho Figueredo is perhaps best known for writing the national anthem of Cuba, El Himno de Bayamo, or La Bayamesa. Because February 18th, 2018 marks the bicentennial of his birth, the town of Bayamo in Granma Province, Cuba prepared a gala to honor his legacy (click HERE for the article on this, on a clearly state sponsored site with copious tributes to Fidel Castro. It should be noted that Figueredo lived long before Castro and, like José Martí, has been claimed as hero by both Cubans on the island and Cuban expatriates). Lorraine and Alan Perry, descendants of Figueredo in Wilmington, North Carolina, maintain a site dedicated to him. Click HERE.
For resources for teaching Spanish, Level 1 through AP, CLICK HERE.
Other February 18th birthdays:
Pedro Lascuráin (1856-1952): The President of Mexico for 45 minutes (yes, that's a record. It's a long story that has to do with Lascuráin's support of Madero in the Mexican Revolution, and his attempt to save Madero's life in the 1913 coup d'etat by Victoriano Huerta (Lascuráin convinced Madero to step down to save his life, Huerta made Lascuráin President, and then Lascuráin stepped down 45 minutes later)).
Juelz Santanta (1982- ): An American rapper and actor born in Harlem, New York City, he is part Dominican.
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