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68 The Cuban Friendship Urn The memory of the “Maine” will last forever through the centuries as will the bonds of friendship between Cuba and the United States of North America. —Inscription on the Cuban Friendship Urn, Washington, DC Graceful lines in relief portray a goddess of liberty beside the mast of the majestic ship lying battered in the waters of Havana harbor. This is the Cuban Friendship Urn gift from the Machado government to commemorate the ties that bound and bind the memory of the sinking that led to the war that led to the liberation that led to the occupation that led to the revolution that led to where we are. Faraway from the prying eyes of tourists to the capital city or anyone who might discover how friendship even etched in stone can leave awkward silences in history. This is why the urn now stands majestically beneath an overpass beside a parking lot behind Jefferson’s enormous shoulder. 69 This is how we commemorate the history of a friendship between two nations bound together irreparably in the wreckage of history. ...

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