[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             FREEDOM TOWER

 Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, today, the Cuban 
American National Foundation will dedicate Miami's ``Freedom Tower'' in 
celebration of Cuban Independence Day. This historic landmark is known 
to many Cuban political refugees as the ``Ellis Island of the South.'' 
The Freedom Tower served as an immigration processing center in the 
1960's and 1970's and became a symbol of democracy and freedom to 
Cubans fleeing from tyranny and oppression. I rise today to recognize 
not only this dedication, but the hard work and sacrifice of the Cuban 
Americans in Florida who have added so much to our Nation, and who, 
through their work to restore the Freedom Tower, have given us yet 
another gift.

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