MiamiFreedomTower
@MIAFreedomTower
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@MDCollege's National Historic Landmark, home to @MiamiBookFair @MiamiFilmFest @MOADMDC @MDCLiveArts Kislak Center, The Cuban Legacy Gallery
Miami, FL
Joined September 2018
Great News! @MDCollege's National Historic Landmark, the Freedom Tower has been chosen to participate in the "Partners in Preservation 2018: Celebrating Diversity on Main Street" contest! Help preserve Miami’s history and culture by voting at
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RT @WLRNSundial: The @MIAFreedomTower is one of 20 historical places around the country that was selected as part of a national competition….
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Today is the last day to vote for @MDCollege's Freedom Tower! Help us receive part of $2 million in preservation funding! Head to to vote before 11:59 pm! Thank you for your support throughout the campaign. Winners will be announced October 29! #BeMDC
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2 days left! We are so close to winning preservation funding for @MDCollege's Freedom Tower. Thank you for supporting us in preserving the tower and the stories of our diversity. We’re propelling Miami and our country forward. Vote 5 times today at #BeMDC
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"My mom's generation took us out of Cuba and replanted us here, but as we grew roots in Miami, they would 'water' us with our Cuban heritage, as we basked in the Cuban 'sun' of our traditions." -Gloria Estefan who arrived with her parents in 1960.☀️#BeMDC
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.@MDCollege's Freedom Tower is illuminated nightly and in support of events and causes including #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, honoring victims of the Paris terrorist attacks, and the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Support Miami and vote at #BeMDC
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Only 5 days left! Spread the word and help us win grants for renovations, updating our Cuban Exile Experience exhibit, the @MOADMDC education room, and continuing to make @MDCollege's Freedom Tower accessible to everyone. Vote 5 times every day at #bemdc
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.@MDCollege ’s Freedom Tower stands as a symbol of hope and freedom, representing faith in democracy and the American Dream. Show your pride and help preserve this symbolic part of Miami. Vote up to 5 times today at #BeMDC
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Welcome to our Open House! Thank you to Miami’s favorite historian, Paul George, for the tour of @MDCollege’s Freedom Tower! Join us at 4pm! with Miami artist César Trasobares for a chat about our Cuban Streams 1885-1965 exhibit. We will have bites and music by Cuban Trio at 5pm!
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Our @MiamiHEAT plays their first home game tomorrow and we will be cheering them on from across the street! Get in the Miami spirit and vote for the Freedom Tower at #BeMDC
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In the late 70's and 80's, Miami community activists came together to have the Freedom Tower declared a National Historic Landmark. @MDCollege's Freedom Tower earned the much-deserved designation in 2008. Vote today to preserve the tower at #BeMDC
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Help us win preservation funding! Join us on Saturday at our Free Open House for music, culture, and art! Go to to cast your 5 daily votes! RSVP here: Transportation is easy with the Freedom Tower Metromover stop on the Omni Loop.
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Only 10 days left for you to help us win funding from @AmericanExpress & @SavingPlaces! Vote to preserve @MDCollege's Freedom Tower, its history, stories, culture and mission. We need to get to 10th place to win grants! Vote 5 times daily at #BeMDC
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Though it operated as an immigration processing center for only 12 years, @MDCollege's Freedom Tower became an icon representing the faith in democracy! Vote for the Freedom Tower up to 5 times daily at and keep the symbol alive. #BeMDC
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The Cuban Exile Experience: Journey to Freedom opened in 2014 presented by @MDCollege and @MiamiHerald exhibit accounts the struggles, spirit, and accomplishments of the Cuban-American community. Vote for the Freedom Tower today at #BeMDC
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The @MDCollege's Freedom Tower is the backdrop of so many momentous events including today's @SusanGKomen Walk, the Fitbit Miami Marathon, @MiamiHEAT games, and even Formula 1 coming soon. Vote today for our local landmark at #BeMDC
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.@MDCollege's Freedom Tower was designed by New York firm Schultze & Weaver to be 15-stories with an octagonal cupola in Spanish Baroque style. The tower is one of three in Miami inspired by the Giralda Tower in Seville! Vote today at #BeMDC
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#TBT to July 2003, when @MDCollege's Freedom Tower honored salsa legend, @CeliaCruzLegacy, after her death with a Cuban flag draped across the tower. Keep the legacy alive and vote today at #BeMDC
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Freedom Tower was donated to @MDCollege in 2005 and has since been used to honor and celebrate South Florida’s communities! It is home to @MiamiBookFair @MiamiFilmFest @MDCLiveArts @MOADMDC the Cuban Legacy Gallery and the Kislak Center. Vote at #BeMDC
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This poem, composed by Edwin Markham in 1925, is on the The New World mural in @MDCollege's Freedom Tower. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in what he called Florida searching for the fabled fountain of youth. Vote today for our history!
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The walls of the mezzanine level in the Freedom Tower are adorned by the The New World Mural, painted by The Miami Artisans in 1987. Help us continue to celebrate and share our Florida history by voting today at #BeMDC
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