L'Unione Italiana, founded in 1894 in Ybor City, institutionalized the Italian funeral in Tampa when in 1896 it purchased this property from the prominent African-American Armwood family and dedicated it as a cemetery. The first Italians were buried here in 1893. Also buried here is Blanche Armwood (1890-1939), a nationally known educator. The Italian cemetery includes a parcel belonging to.
About The Cuban Club History of El Circulo Cubano (Cuban Club) Late 19th and 20th century Cuban immigration to the United States was impressive for the craft talents brought to the country. Along with their Spanish counterparts, skilled Cuban cigar makers made Tampa’s hand rolled cigars world-famous. As early as 1899 Cuban immigrants formed recreational societies with varying degrees of.
By Tom Scherberger There are two sides to Tampa’s Ybor City, opposite as night and day. After dark: a boisterous restaurant and nightclub scene, music pulsing from storefronts bars and restaurants, crowds building past midnight. By day the pace slows. Daytime visitors glimpse the past: the culture, customs, architecture and languages of Spanish, Cuban, Italian and Eastern European immigrants.
Ybor City’s immigrants came from lands far away to find new freedoms and opportunities to work in cigar factories, create businesses and become part of a rich and diverse community. They arrived with their own culture and traditions to discover new ways of life. The immigrant groups exhibit will intertwine the work and social lives of the Cubans, Spaniards, Sicilians, Romanian Jews, and.
