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Eatonville Water Tower
Winter Park, Florida
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THE STORY
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Eatonville, Florida was the first municipality within the United States to be incorporated by families of newly freed slaves, and it was incorporated on August 18, 1887, as “This is the Town that Freedom Built.”
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Winter Park, Florida · USA
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