MIAMI — The iconic Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami is turning 100 next year and the building is undergoing some major work ahead of its milestone. Downtown Miami has gone through many phases over the ...
Hundreds of antique items — a wedding dress, a bag of marbles, guayaberas, a stuffed toy, a record player, a postcard, treasured photos, and a crucifix — are on display in collections that make up the ...
Imagine leaving your home country behind to start over in the United States. For many, that means one word: freedom. “I look at the building as, symbolically, of a whole nation of people that chose to ...
Miami's Freedom Tower holds grand reopening, celebrating decades of history MIAMI — As Miami’s skyline continues to evolve, the Freedom Tower continues to stand the test of time, and on Tuesday, it’s ...
MIAMI — There was nothing atypical about the young man. At the moment in the mid-1960s, he seemed as dazed as every other teenager I had seen walk into "El Refugio," the Spanish moniker for the Cuban ...
When the Freedom Tower and its deeply affecting, brilliantly realized new museum dedicated to the Cuban refugee experience reopened to visitors in mid-September after a two-year, $25 million ...
MIAMI (WSVN) - Downtown Miami’s historic Freedom Tower has been undergoing renovations for two years, and officials are providing a sneak peek of the progress ahead of its opening this fall. The ...
From Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade, 11 cities are celebrating their centennials in 2025 and 2026. WLRN News' series "History We Call Home" spotlights the moments, ideas and people that made these ...
MIAMI — Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, Miriam Castro recalls snapshots from her own journey as an exiled young girl. Castro was just 9 in August 1961 when she ...
Miami's historic Freedom Tower, located along Biscayne Boulevard, is celebrating 100 years since its opening in 1925. Considered a National Historic Landmark since 2008, the tower stands tall as a ...
NEW YORK -- Even without the name, the symbolism of the Freedom Tower as an American response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was hard to miss. The original architect designed a twisting form imitating ...
Hundreds of antique items — a wedding dress, a bag of marbles, guayaberas, a stuffed toy, a record player, a postcard, treasured photos, and a crucifix — are on display in collections that make up the ...