Obelisk built in Palmar Bonito, the place where the jagüeyense insurgent forces held their first combat with Spanish troops on February 24, 1895.
On February 20, 1895, Marrero learned of the date of the uprising through a communication sent by Dr. Pedro Betancourt. It would be exactly February 24, 1895. In this sense, he asked for more instructions and received in response:
"... let the government know that you are up in arms. Hold on there and wait for orders they'll give you soon. ”[1]
On February 24 they rose up in arms at the La Sirena farm, a place known as the Cienaguita Jagüeyense, all recognized José Lázaro Martín Marrero as Head of the Conspiracy, when they did not receive the orders promised by the superior command, at dawn on the 26th , Marrero sent four men to explore the terrain and try to contact another group that should have been raised in San Joaquín. It was in these circumstances that around 8:00 am they collided with Spanish forces in a place known as Palmar Bonito, located on the border of the La Sirena farm and the La Yuca farm. This was the first combat of the 95 conflict in the West.
In this regard, the fundamentalist press published: “… at 7:30 in the morning the day before yesterday, the force of the Army of Volunteers held fire with a party of 40 men raised in the neighborhood of Jagüey Grande, there were two wounded volunteers and no it can specify the losses that the enemy has had.
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