Camilo Cienfuegos had everything to be the endearing good-natured person to whom we continue to put flowers more than half a century later. To continue remembering with the prints of the hat over his long hair, the passion of his speeches, and the mystery of his goodbye.

It was not just charisma. With him, a million and a half Cubans chanted in that speech: “On our knees, we will bow our foreheads… and it will be the day that we arrive on the Cuban land that holds 20,000 Cubans, to tell them: Brothers! The Revolution is done; your blood did not come out in vain!”

Camilo shocked the people because he was from the people. From the age of 16, he understood that going to demonstrate was a matter of conscience. In addition, each step afterward, he gradually forged the Commander. Entering to San Alejandro to study. Having to give up that dream because her family could not afford it. Living in exile. Working as a tailor. Inspired by the Spanish Civil War and wanting a free Republic for Cuba, getting to be included in the Granma expedition, after a long work of convincing about its fervor.

The rest is known history. He came to the Sierra Maestra as a private soldier and came out as a Commander when he was almost 25 years old. "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve more to this worthy cause for which I will be willing to give my life and to be more useful to our long-suffering country," he would say at the time. "It will be easier for me to stop breathing than to stop being true to your trust."

He was able to joke, to be human and to share the little in the middle of a war, to make faithful friends and keep his heart clean for times of peace.

The children, who in a different way will put flowers on October 28, are already the grandchildren of those who joined the search throughout Cuba to find the Lord of the Vanguard, after that fateful October. However, their attitude is the same. Thank you, and goodbye.