Unlike the Ten Years' War, the Cuban Independence Movement of the 1890s was not ignored by the United States. By 1895, the United States was a very different nation than it had been in 1865.

The march, that primarily involved students who carried lit torches and Cuban flags, is held annually on the eve of Marti's ...

Led by sugar planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, the Cuban Revolution began in 1868. Cespedes proclaimed independence and ... became known as the Ten Years' War. Although the Ten Years' War failed ...