A Viva Céspedes! in the mouth of Jacinto Valdés, popular guarachero, surprised the Spaniards present in the room. It was the eve of what the history of Cuba would remember as the events of the Villanueva Theater. The next day, Friday, January 22, 1869, the place will be illuminated with the colors of the national flag.
The representation that night of Perro huevero aunque le quemen el hocico ", unleashed the independence passion, unexpectedly a character exclaimed: Long live the land that the produces cane! And the public supporter of the national independence that sustained the revolutionary struggle initiated by Céspedes in Demajagua on October 10, 1868, full of revolutionary fervor, cheer up Cuba Libre.
The repression of the colonial regime could not wait, the body of volunteers at the service of the Spanish authorities, decided to unleash violence. Strongly armed, they broke into the interior of the building, hitting and firing at great speed, which managed to evict the theater, leaving three dead and several wounded.
Angrily witnessed of the crime was the young José MartÃ, near there lived his teacher Mendive, the teenager sees how they attack his house, as they detain him for suspect to promote the events, amid the confusion, Leonor, the mother goes in his search; the day next, the only issue of a magazine sponsored by the beloved mentor: La patria libre, circulates, in it the fiery poem Abdala is published, with a clarification in capital, WRITING FOR THE PATRIA.
Every day on March 22nd, it is celebrated the day of the Cuban theater and the unfortunate event is remembered, in what is called Jornadas Villanueva, in remembrance of that historic hall and the award of the same name is given.
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