Re: Quarterman Dates

[DaneBowen@aol.com]

In re the Cuban's Revolution's ending Jan. 8, 1959, it could equally be argued that that was the beginning of the Cuban Revolution.  Fidel Castro had carried on guerrilla operations against the Batista Regime for about two yeas, and had attempted the first uprising on July 26, 1953. 

Batista fled the country on New Year's 1959.  Having never got close to Havana as a guerrilla leader, Castro took his time arriving in Havana, exulting in the adulation of the mobs as he slowly made his way up the island to the capital arriving there I thought on Jan. 9---but my memory is getting bad.

Before then and until some time later he professed to be just a democratic reformer, one who promised free elections, return to the constitution, etc..  His enemies said he would carry out a "watermelon revolution," green on the outside but red inside.

He then proceeded gradually to institute his revolution over a period of some two year, eventually admitting he was a Communist.  Having studied the matter in detail and having been in charge of Cuban affairs in the Department of State, I do not believe he was a Communist when he came to power, but that he drifted into in.
 

Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Cannon, Carlton (Carleton),  Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Gye (Guy, Guye), Harris, Porter, Luker, Richey (Ritchie, Richie, Ritchey), Sanders (Saunders), Spence, Sloan, Way, Weaver, and Wells families.