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Juan Delgado González
Juan Evangelista Delgado González was a Cuban colonel who participated during the Cuban War of Independence. He was known for retrieving the bodies of Antonio Maceo Grajales and Panchito Gómez Toro during the Battle of San Pedro where both were killed in the battle. Personal life He was born on a farm known as El Bosque in the Beltrán neighborhood in Bejucal which was a municipality in the former La Habana Province on December 27, 1868. Being the eldest of four brothers within a family of peasants, his brothers were Donato, Ramón and Simón. He had a romantic relationship with the young widow Dolores Pastrana, with whom he promised to marry when the Cuban War of Independence ended, something that never happened due to his death in the war. Military career He joined the Cuban Liberation Army on January 13, 1896, joining the invading contingent in the Bejucal area. The next day, Major General Máximo Gómez made him captain to muster up a unit. Among his first battle are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bejucal
Bejucal is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1713. It is well known as the terminal station of the first railroad built in Cuba and Latin America in 1837. It also hosts one of the most popular and traditional carnival fest in Cuba: "Charangas de Bejucal". Bejucal has also been known as a telecommunications site, hosting broadcasts of several news and media networks. It hosted Soviet nuclear warheads during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Bejucal is also rumored to host a signals intelligence listening station operated by the People's Liberation Army Third Department of the Joint Staff Department. Geography The municipality borders to the north with Boyeros (a municipal borough of Havana); to the east with San José de las Lajas; to the south with Quivicán; and on the west with San Antonio de los Baños. It is divided into the barrios of Bejucal, Beltrán, Cuatro Caminos, Rancho Recreo, Buenaventura, Caguazo and Río Hondo. Demographics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
