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The
Atlanta
Millennium
Gate
Museum
is
a
site
of
historical
moments
for
the
Cuban
American
community
in
Atlanta.
The
garden
of
the
museum
has
the
statue
of
one
of
the
most
recognized
Cuban
fighters:
José
Martí.
I
had
the
honor
of
being
there
when
the
statue
was
revealed
to
the
public
for
the
first
time
on
Saturday
06/26/2021.
The
ceremony
was
beautiful,
emotional,
and
well
organized.
Andy
Garcia
the
actor
was
a
guest
and
he
made
all
of
us
cry
out
emotionally
with
some
of
José
Martí's
most
recognized
poems.
It
was
a
very
patriotically
emotional
event
were
we
the
Cuban
Americans
felt
a
sense
of
a
stronger
community.
It
was
a
very
well-organized
event
with
the
best
Cuban
style
and
all
the
honors
on
food
and
drinks,
by
Companies
like
Bacardi's
and
Cubans
restaurants
like
Mojitos,
and
others
that
with
their
donations
made
the
event
an
emotional
and
pleasurable
experience
full
of
delicious
traditional
foods
and
amazing
traditional
Cuban
Mojitos
drinks.
Even
the
eldest,
or
like
they
said
experienced
people,
danced
Salsa
until
sunset.
Part
of
me
never
wanted
to
depart
that
day,
some
many
emotional
and
enjoyable
moments,
comparable
to
bringing
a
piece
of
a
Free-Happy
Cuba
to
my
current
hometown
in
Atlanta
and
to
the
Atlanta
Millennium
Gate
Museum.
Lately,
the
place
after
the
event
has
been
used
patriotically
by
the
Cuban
community
as
a
point
of
reunion
and
a
place
to
share
our
support
to
our
Cuban
families,
our
loved
ones
still
on
the
island.
In
general,
we
use
the
place
to
demand
liberties
to
the
Cuban
people
on
the
island
and
show
them
that
we
are
supporting
them
in
the
fight
for
civil
rights.
An
example
was
on
07/11/2021
more
than
200
Cuban
Americans
got
met
in
this
place
as
part
of
a
way
to
show
the
world
our
discontent
towards
the
totalitarian
and
dictatorship
government
of
Cuba.
On
this
day,
the
people
in
Cuba
went
to
the
streets
asking
for
not
more
communism
or
socialism
on
the
island.
They
claimed
“Liberty,”
“Homeland
and
Life,”
and
claimed
that
the
dictatorship
government
had
to
lo
leave.
The
dictator
government
started
oppressing
the
people
in
several
cities
on
the
island;
many
people
got
killed,
and
more
than
500
people
got
incarcerated.
These
people
are
our
families
that
remained
kidnapped
in
Cuba
and
the
only
thing
that
we
could
do
was
come
to
this
place
to
make
an
act
of
disagreement
with
the
Cuban
dictators
and
in
support
of
our
common
people.
On
the
other
hand,
the
place
has
been
used
on
historical
Cuba
days
like
last
10/10/2021,
where
some
cultural
activities
were
made
that
day
in
commemoration
of
the
Cuban
stated
them
fights
against
Spain
Colonialism
in
1868.
The
place
represents
a
big
part
of
this
city
and
our
Cuban
American
community.
It
is
a
place
where
you
can
also
connect
with
art,
and
I
recommend
a
trip
to
the
museum
with
the
curator
of
the
collection.
This
guy
is
impressive,
and
you
will
quickly
get
a
lot
of
knowledge
on
one
trip.
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