
Ocupying a whole block in El Vedado, Mariana Grajales Park is right across the Saúl delgado High School. The monument in the center of the park is that of Mariana Grajales, mother of Lt. General Antonio Maceo Grajales, hero of the Wars of Independence. Mariana is considered the “Mother of Cuba” as all of her 12 children participated in the Wars of Independence. She and her daughters also served in the war running hospitals and provision grounds.