Just now caught part of an interview with a guy who was involved in the Bay O' Pigs affair. Prompted me to do a thread search. Anyhow- Just months after he seized power in Cuba, Fidel Castro visited Washington in April 1959. He placed a wreath at the base of both the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials and was photographed looking up in seeming admiration of both U.S. presidents. The U.S. And Cuba A Brief History Of A Complicated Relationship Parallels NPR
