{"id":315808,"date":"2026-06-22T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315808\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:02:08","slug":"miami-dade-ceremony-at-freedom-tower-to-welcome-66-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315808\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade ceremony at Freedom Tower to welcome 66 citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special naturalization ceremony marking the Miami-Dade 250 Naturalization Ceremony will take place June 26 at the historic Freedom Tower, bringing together local leaders, educators and federal officials to welcome 66 new U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the broader Miami-Dade 250 initiative commemorating 250 years of American history and civic life. It is being organized by Miami Dade College in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and the Jack Miller Center, represented by Michael and Julie Weiser.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will be presided over by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom and will welcome new citizens representing 29 countries, underscoring South Florida\u2019s long-standing identity as a hub for immigration and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the Freedom Tower\u2014long regarded as a symbolic gateway for generations of newcomers\u2014the event highlights both personal milestones for the new citizens and the county\u2019s broader reflection on its civic heritage as part of the 250th anniversary observance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A special naturalization ceremony marking the Miami-Dade 250 Naturalization Ceremony will take place June 26 at the historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-315808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}