Cuba staged its big annual observance July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This underscores 73 years after the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was missing.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel commented on the U.S. government during the ceremony.
He claimed Washington tried to devastate Cuba and occupy it.
Residents in Havana got ready for the ceremonies.
They did this despite this with severe water problems, caused by chronic power shortages.