Freedom Park is Dedicated, Opens to Public on Independence Day

U.S. Newswire | July 2, 1996 | Copyright

ARLINGTON, Va., July 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new urban park featuring the largest section of the Berlin Wall in the Washington, D.C. area and a replica of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s jail cell door in Birmingham, Ala., will be dedicated July 3 and will open to the public July 4.

Freedom Park will feature vivid reminders of the thirst for freedom, including a bronze casting of a South African ballot box, a toppled headless statue of Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and a replica of a small boat used by two escaping Cuban refugees.

"These icons of freedom are designed to educate visitors ...

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