The historic Granma Yacht, which brought 82 young expeditionaries to Cuba from Mexico, was definitively exhibited in the Memorial. The young expeditionaries restarted the revolutionary struggle against the reactionary military dictatorship under the orders of Fidel Castro. The yacht is housed in an air-conditioned glass urn for the best preservation of the ship. Other historical pieces of great significance in the revolutionary struggle in the Sierra Maestra are scattered around the yacht. In the Memorial there are also two aircraft of exceptional value; the first, a King Fisher that belonged to the army of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship and was occupied by the members of the rebel troops and another Seafury model, which was part of the reduced and heroic crew of aircraft that faced the mercenary invasion of the Bay of Pigs in April 1961.  There are also three jeeps used during the war by Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and Juan Almeida, respectively. In the Memorial area there is also the truck in which fighters of the Revolutionary Directorate were transported to carry out the attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana on March 13, 1957.

Bay of Pigs  

Its name derives, according to popular legend, from the existence of a large number of jibaro animals in the territory before the arrival of civilization. It is located on the southwestern coast of Cuba. On the western shore of the bay there are coral reefs that border the Zapata Swamp. On the eastern side there are long beach’s with mangroves and marshy areas located inland. Playa Larga and Playa Girón located within its territory were the scene of an invasion sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, of the United States in order to overthrow the Revolutionary Government of Cuba. It was defeated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Cuban people in less than 72 hours.