Bay of Pigs

On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 exiles attempted to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion failed, and many were captured. Now, only about 200 veterans remain. They are reopening the Bay of Pigs Brigade 2506 Museum in Miami to mark the 65th anniversary.

The Bay of Pigs is one of the darkest episodes of Cuban-American history. But that failed 1961 attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro had…

In 1961, a year before St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens opened as Biscayne College, the school's founding president, Fr. Edward McCarthy, was in…