Ybor State Museum to celebrate Vicente Martinez-Ybor’s 200th birthday

The main cause of Tampa's cigar industry and the city's nickname "World Cigar Capital" is that he arrived in Tampa at the age of 67 in 1885, brought industry to this area and created today. It is a known industry. Earth City

Under his guidance, Tampa was welcomed by the cigar industry that experienced exponential growth and development in the 19th century and welcomed immigrants from Cuba, Spain, Italy and other countries.

In celebration of his legacy, the Yobol City Museum Association and Yebol Municipal Museum State Park will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Vicente Martinez-Yivore's birth from 5 pm to 8 pm. Friday (September 7), 1818 Museum garden in E 18 th Avenue

This festival continues the mission of Ybor City Museum Society to protect, promote and celebrate Ybor City's unique cultural heritage and to support the Ybor City Museum State Park. It includes the devotion and special comments of Martinez-Ybor's great grandson Rafael Martinez-Ybor and other famous speakers such as E. E. J. Salcines, Florida State Park, and officers of Ybor City Museum Association

Dim Sum, HCC Ybor Alumni Jazz Band, Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Ybor City Development Corporation, Other Ybor City Presentations, Other Community Participants, Domino Games and Coaching, from Volatistic Opportunities You can enjoy live music games, prizes, birthday cake etc.

In commemoration of Martinez-Ybor's birthday, Ybor City Museum is free to enter from 1 pm to 5 pm. Friday (September 7) The park has a historical museum of Ferlina bakery, a recreated cigar worker "casita" or family, and a lush garden.

September 7, 2018 is the 200th birthday of Vicente Martinez-Ybor, the founder of Ybor City, Tampa's historic building. Ybor arrived in a sleepy Tampa fishing village at the age of 67 in 1885 and is the first company to establish a cigar industry in Ybor City. By 1886, the first cigar was produced, but at the factories of Sanchez and Haya, the starting point of his company's town was adequate. When he transferred his cigar business from Key West to Tampa, Ybor encouraged other cigar manufacturers to follow it as well. By the turn of the century, Tampa came to Tampa to work in the cigar industry, or from hundreds of inhabitants, including the various immigrant groups that came to provide products and services to those who did it It increased to 15,000 people.

Regarding the brief history of Ybor City in Tampa, Florida, you first need to explain how Ybor was formed. It was founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Yeball and is currently one of the three historical buildings in Florida. It also won the title "World Cigar Capital" in 1900. By 1950, most cigar factories were closed due to their rich history, and now it attracts visitors from all over the world. It provides culture. Although the cigar factory may not have been in operation, the recent Renaissance in this area of ​​the 1990s gave the city its original spirit and natural vitality. There are still a lot of local people, museums and shops that can feel the memories of Vicente Martinez Ivor reflecting the majority of Ibō city's culture, but it is impossible to visit, I will better understand this area There is no way.