Volunteers will organize for a third consecutive year on Feb. 18-20, at Tamiami Park in Miami, to set up the Cuban Memorial  more than 10,000 white crosses, each inscribed with the name of a victim of the Cuban communist regime.
The Cuban Memorial Organizing Committee is working to "rescue from oblivion more than 10,000 Cubans who died as victims of the communist regime and whose deaths have been thoroughly documented," according to a news release.
Exiled families of those assassinated who were unable to say their last good-bye to their loved ones and prohibited from visiting their gravesites, will be able to do so now, according to Renato Gómez, general coordinator for the memorial.
A gigantic wooden cross painted in white will be placed in the center of this area to symbolically remember all those who died as victims of the Cuban communist regime, with no verifiable information available of their deaths. This cross will be named: The Cross of "The Unknown Decedent."
The committee is calling for supporters to send e-mail messages to memorialarchives@yahoo.com; memorialcubano@yahoo.es. According to the release, all messages will become part of the historical patrimony of the Cuban Memorial. Gómez also calls for supporters to participate in joint religious services and prayer during the dates of the memorial.
"Thus, all around the world on these days, prayers will be said for the eternal rest of these souls. Please request them on behalf of the ‘victims of the Cuban genocide under communism.'" Gómez said in the release.
"Many of these victims were young Cubans who were sent before firing squads proclaiming ‘Hail Christ the King!'" he said.
Gómez also asked for supporters to remember, "those men, women, and children who drowned in the Florida Straits in their attempt to obtain freedom. Most of their names are unknown and reliable sources estimate the numbers of Cubans who lost their lives at sea while trying to escape, to be in the thousands.
"Finally, pray for the all political prisoners agonizing in Cuban jails, such as the pro-life physician Dr. Oscar E. Biscet, Jorge Luis GarcÃÂa Pérez 'Antúnez' and thousands others detained for advocating justice and freedom."
More information on the Cuban Memorial is available by e-mailing: memorialarchives@yahoo.com; memorialcubano@yahoo.es.
