Miami unveils Bahamas’ roots | The Miami Times | Serving South Florida’s African American Community since 1923

Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado Tuesday celebrated Bahamians as Miami’s oldest Caribbean community, welcomed the Consul General of The Bahamas in Miami H. Ricardo Treco and announced the Miami Bahamas Junkanoo Festival Series 2015. “Next month, on July 28, the city of Miami will celebrate it’s 119th birthday,” said Regalado. “We will celebrate Julia Tuttle and Mar Brickell. What we have failed to celebrate each year, is that majority of the incorporators were Bahamians and lived here in the West Grove. We need a monument to those