Inside the Freedom Tower, visitors will see rows and rows of photographs of exiles, many of whom were processed there. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com This month, we celebrated a homecoming — not ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (This story has been updated to correct a name.) MIAMI — Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, ...
Crosby Kemper explores the Freedom Tower in Miami. Join host and Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper as he explores the interior of the Freedom Tower with Miami Dade ...
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 ...
From serving as the home to Miami’s first newspaper to becoming a vital center of refuge and aid for Cuban immigrants, the Freedom Tower has stood in downtown Miami as a landmark of American history.
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 ...
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 ...