Cuba remembers founding of Academy of History

The Cuban Academy of History was founded by presidential decree on August 20, 1910, and Cubans commemorate its 115th anniversary this year.

The Academy, attached to the Secretariat of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, had an independent character in its beginnings. In June 1914, it was granted its legal personality and full civil capacity for all legal purposes.

The institution was led by an honorary president, a secretary, and a librarian, being Fernando Figueredo as its first president.

After several years of inactivity, the Cuban State resumed its sessions in 2011.

Its fundamental mission, now as the Cuban History Association, is to safeguard the nation’s historical legacy.

To achieve this, it cultivates, fosters, promotes, and disseminates the study of history to proclaim historical truth and reaffirm national identity.

The renewed institution has the responsibility to convene, gather, support, and, above all, establish itself as an instrument so that the cultural and educational policy motivated by history is truly interpreted correctly and wisely.