Much is said about the moral convictions of Ignacio Agramonte, of that nobility that led him to become El Mayor, however, little is said about the roots of those values.

Agramonte, from a young age, was nourished by the cultural environment of Puerto Príncipe in the meetings of the Philharmonic Society, because despite his young age, his father took him quite often to those meetings.

Ignacio Agramonte Sánchez Pereira was a man of liberal thought and there were few times that through his writings he made harsh criticisms of the City Council. It is said that he and his eldest son were compatible, which is why they were always affectionate closed, as dictated by the most romantic codes of fatherhood.

Filomena Loynaz Caballero was not highly educated, but she possessed a natural intelligence and a wealth of general knowledge that she had obtained throughout her life. She raised her children without using domestic violence and it was not even necessary for her to raise her voice so that everything was in order. The Agramonte home was overflowing with affection and a meticulous formation of moral and ethical values.

This is how the personality of Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz is being carved out, who in his youth had a docile character, and then turned into an astonishing rebel, for refusing to continue living under the orders of Spain.

El Mayor, not even on the battlefield lost his essence, so much so that José Martí describes him as “a diamond with a soul of a kiss.”

His love for the country, his indisputable courage, his attachment to the purest moral values ​​and his sense of shame, are a paradigm to follow in our days and no one can deny that this is due, mostly, to his family; due to the way in which he was raised along with his brothers, by Don Ignacio Agramonte Sánchez Pereira and Doña Filomena Loynaz Caballero.

By the way, the renowned historian Fernando Crespo Baró, in the Special Magazine of 2007 dedicated to the figure of El Mayor, wrote:

“Undoubtedly, it was a family where the best of the ethical and cultural tradition of both parents were of great importance to raise this very loving and good son who has become, over time, in a paradigm for all Cubans.”

Translated by: Aileen Álvarez García