If the attack by Fidel Castro’s forces on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953, marks the beginning of the Cuban Revolution, his speech before the presidential palace marks its end. In it, Castro celebrates the successes of the revolution and sets out the next steps he plans to take—in particular, the recovery of national property taken out of the country by Batista supporters and returning them to Cuba for trial. Castro commemorates the event by summoning as many workers as can come in a mass gathering to demonstrate the support of the Cuban people for his revolution.