Fidel Castro's cradle is on prominent display at his birthplace in Biran, Cuba. His father's sugar plantation, where Castro grew up, is now a museum.

Fidel Castro’s Boyhood Home in Biran, Cuba

Fidel Castro's birthplace, now a museum, is one of the initial stops for Clay and his companions as he leads a cultural tour of Cuba.
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A Visit to Little Havana’s Bay of Pigs Museum

Before setting off for Cuba this week on a cultural tour of the island nation, Clay and his guests stopped in at the Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana, Miami.
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Thomas Jefferson long harbored a desire to make Cuba part of the newly forming United States. In 1809, he wrote to James Madison outlining his dream to erect a column on the Southernmost limit of Cuba inscribed:

Thomas Jefferson, the U.S. Annexation of Cuba (And More)

The United States has a long, tortured relationship with Cuba, including Thomas Jefferson’s imperial designs on the island. As Clay travels to Cuba this week to lead a cultural tour, he reflects on a bit of forgotten history between the U.S. and the island nation 90 miles from Key West, Florida.
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