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  Freedom Plaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freedom Plaza, originally known as Western Plaza, is an open plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent to Pershing Park.
The plaza was renamed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
Freedom Plaza is a popular place for political protests, civic events, and, despite its official prohibition, skateboarding.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freedom_Plaza   (286 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau asserted that the condition of freedom was inherent to humanity, an inevitable facet of the possession of a soul and sapience, with the implication that all social interactions subsequent to birth imply a loss of freedom, voluntarily or involuntarily.
Freedom of speech is similar to freedom of information, but refers to a general lack of such restrictions (on the creation, use, modification and dissemination of ideas) in a society by the government or those that hold power in that society.
Freedom of thought is also known as freedom of conscience and refers to the right of an individual to hold a particular thought or viewpoint regardless of those held by others.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Freedom   (1494 words)

  
 Welcome to Freedom Plaza at Sun City Center
Freedom Plaza is located on a 140-acre nature preserve with more than 15 floor plans and amenities galore with the safety net of guaranteed LifeCare.
Freedom Plaza and ARC, American Retirement Corporation, are dedicated to providing outstanding lifestyles and care options that serve seniors at all levels of independence and health.
Freedom Plaza is pleased to enjoy the association and sponsorship of the Retired Officers' Corporation (ROC).
www.freedomplaza.com   (197 words)

  
 Homestore Housing and Care
Freedom Plaza offers our residents a comprehensive lifecare plan which can be tailored to suit he individual's own personal and financial needs.
Freedom Plaza is Arizona's premiere lifecare community offering our active residents a lifestyle comparable to "resort living".
Freedom Plaza residents have priority access to each level of health care offered in both facilities.
www.springstreet.com /seniors/search/brochure/pr_brochure.jhtml?pid=552774&name=fppeoria&trigger=shn&source=a1shzr2t070   (435 words)

  
 Anti-Capitalist Convergence - The People's Strike - Sept 2002 - Freedom Plaza Site of Massive Arrests of Pittsburghers ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sunday September 29, 2002 at 03:10 AM Protests, marches, and non-violent demonstrations against the policies of the IMF and World Bank Friday morning end in massive arrests of protesters, media, legal observers, and bystanders alike in Freedom Plaza and Pershing Park.
All 80 members of the Pittsburgh affinity group who participated in the day's non-violent direct action and marches were eventually arrested by police in Freedom Plaza and Pershing Park.
Thus began a story that became extremely visible in the local and national media; the so-called standoff at Freedom Plaza and Pershing Park.
www.abolishthebank.org /strike_story4.shtml   (1014 words)

  
 Skateboard spot freedom plaza in washington dc,Maryland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There are marble ledges all over the plaza, extremely well waxed, and made out of smooth marble, some drop off and others curve.
Ringing the plaza are more sets of stairs ranging from 2 to 6, all with rails.
freedom plaza should be at the intersection, on the
www.skateboardspots.com /spots/spot.php?number=757&version=1   (189 words)

  
 Freedom Plaza at Sun City Center - Factsheet
Freedom Plaza at Sun City Center is a unique full service retirement community.
Freedom Plaza is Florida's premier lifecare and golfing community offering our active residents a lifestyle comparable to "resort living." At Freedom Plaza we take away the day to day chores of cleaning, cooking and maintaining a residence so that you can do the things you most enjoy;
While Freedom Plaza is a primarily a luxury retirement complex, there is a safety net of services and support offered through our comprehensive health care center including Skilled Nursing services in the Plaza West Health Center and Assisted Living and Alzheimer's Care at Homewood Residence.
www.elderlivingsource.com /facilities/FL/813162.php   (379 words)

  
 Hillsborough: Less is more for golf cart parade
At the last minute, though, officials at the Freedom Plaza independent and assisted living community stepped in to arrange a parade of their own.
Freedom Plaza resident Jack Burlin, 85, designed a cart as the children's character Thomas the Tank Engine, complete with working lights, rolling eyes and fog wafting from a steampipe.
Freedom Plaza officials say the parade will be back next year, though it's unlikely to approach ever again the gargantuan standards set in years past.
www.sptimes.com /2004/12/18/Hillsborough/Less_is_more_for_golf.shtml   (654 words)

  
 Homewood Residence at Freedom Plaza - Factsheet
Through careful design and an experienced, professional staff, Alzheimer's Care at Freedom Plaza provides stimulation, stability, structure and security-all in a soothing environment that preserves the warmth, dignity, comfort and feeling of home.
At Alzheimer's Care at Freedom Plaza, we treat your loved one not as a patient but as the unique individual you've always known.
ARC is committed to the principle that well-planned and well-managed senior living communities offer the best setting within which to meet the physical, mental and social needs of a large and growing segment of contemporary society.
www.elderlivingsource.com /facilities/FL/805585.php   (627 words)

  
 MarvelDirectory.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Four Freedom's Plaza is the new building that houses the headquarters of its owners, the world famous team of superhuman adventurers known as the Fantastic Four.
Four Freedoms Plaza was designed by Reed Richards, who is more popularly known as Mister Fantastic, the leader of the Fantastic Four.
Four Freedoms Plaza is a forty-five story office building surmounted by the four story headquarters of the Fantastic Four.
www.marveldirectory.com /misc/fourfreedomsplaza.htm   (542 words)

  
 Welcome to Freedom Plaza at Sun City Center
Freedom Plaza is located in Sun City Center, midway between Tampa and Sarasota.
Residents at Freedom Plaza have numerous choices when deciding on their house of worship.
Freedom Plaza provides transportation to several locations through out the entire Tampa Bay area on a regular basis.
www.freedomplaza.com /html/community.html   (743 words)

  
 Religious Freedom :: Guards try to keep preacher off plaza stage
Mills, who's been preaching in the plaza on and off for 39 years, sees the warning as a classic case of government trying to infringe on his religious freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Street evangelists are part of the scenery at San Jacinto Plaza, the historic heart of the city that also serves as a major bus transfer point.
Wanecek told Mills on Thursday that he was allowed to pass out fliers in the plaza and to preach from anywhere but the stage but was not allowed to raise his voice to a shout.
www.religionnewsblog.com /1884-_Guards_try_to_keep_preacher_off_plaza_stage.html   (1389 words)

  
 Inaugural Demonstrators, Police Go to Court
The demonstrators say the checkpoints could be used to single them out, and they say the permit granted for Freedom Plaza is a sham, because most of the plaza is filled with bleachers for supporters of George W. Bush.
Turning to the National Park Service's plan to reserve most of Freedom Plaza for bleachers for the Presidential Inaugural Committee even though demonstrators also applied for it, Kessler said to Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Craig Lawrence: "It seems to me you're in violation of your own regulations.
She said that in making the November 1999 reservation, the Park Service neglected to include Freedom Plaza among the spots requested for inaugural planners.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines01/0119-02.htm   (816 words)

  
 Freedom doesn't ring in Malacañang park - INQ7.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
THIS IS ONE FREEDOM park that is not free at all as a venue for protest demonstrations, especially in these politically charged times.
Malacañang has a "Freedom Park" but it is not the same kind of park that the Supreme Court, in a recent decision, urged local governments to put up as venues for public assemblies.
In 1966, the park was called Freedom Plaza to mark the seven-nation Vietnam War summit held in Manila at the time.
news.inq7.net /nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=73982   (484 words)

  
 Ohio Veterans Plaza — Freedom is Not Free   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ohio Veterans Plaza, completed in 1998, is the first memorial built on Ohio Capitol grounds in nearly 70 years.
Two 10-foot by 40-foot limestone walls with etchings of letters veterans had written home to their families, friends and loved ones are the highlight of the plaza.
Some interesting segments include the story behind the Vietnam painting that sparked the plaza's evolution, a tour of how the 70 limestone letters were created and coverage of the dedication of the monument.
www.ch4549.org /itv/ohiovets.htm   (159 words)

  
 La Paz plaza is city's freedom park area
If, after that period, no such parks are so identified in accordance with Section 15 of the law, all public parks and plazas of the municipality or city concerned shall in effect be deemed freedom parks; no prior permit of whatever kind shall be required to hold an assembly therein.
After thirty (30) days from the finality of the SC decision, advance notices, no prior permit shall be required to exercise the right to peaceably assemble and petition in the public parks or plazas of a city or municipality that has not yet complied with Section 15 of the law.
On the other hand, the SC declares that B.P. No. 880 cannot be condemned as unconstitutional; it does not curtail or unduly restrict freedoms; it merely regulates the use of public places as to the time, place and manner of assemblies.
www.thenewstoday.info /2006/04/28/la.paz.plaza.is.citys.freedom.park.area.html   (591 words)

  
 January 20, 2001,
The protests at Freedom Plaza and elsewhere along the inaugural parade route were so large that George W. Bush’s presidential caravan was forced to come to a complete halt for a full five minutes at 12th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade on Saturday, January 20
George Bush – racist murderer" is a chant that resonated from Freedom Plaza and down Pennsylvania Avenue as the Bush presidential caravan came to an abrupt halt at 12th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue NW midway through the inaugural parade.
From the Supreme Court ‘Shadow Inauguration’ protest to the demonstration by the National Organization for Women at 8th and Pennsylvania NW and concluding with the largest assembly of protesters at Freedom Plaza (14th St. and Pennsylvania NW), this inaugural event was marked by the president’s supporters being outnumbered by tens of thousands of opponents.
www.mumia2000.org /j20/10000sprotest1-20DC.htm   (638 words)

  
 Skateboard spot dc in dc,Virginia
Freedom Plaza is located on 13th and Pennsylvania Ave.
Near Welfare is the L' Phante Plaza area, which is home to the Police ledge off stairs (seen in 411 #35) and some buttery ledges, rails, and other obstacles.
I was at freedom plaza yesterday and 10 or 15 cops started chasing skaters.
www.skateboardspots.com /spots/spot/284/area_back-find/refer-4/offset-0/state-VA/what-spot/bterrain-polejams   (503 words)

  
 AlterNet: Disgrace at Freedom Plaza
I had heard there was going to be a "die in" in Freedom Plaza at 10 a.m.
I got to Freedom Plaza a little after 9, and saw a group of people dancing and drumming, and went over to watch.
I was so impressed with the undergrads and even some high school students (at 28, I was one of the oldest people around) who were there, and as I heard them speaking articulately about the connection between consumerism in America, the World Bank, globalization and global poverty, I felt inspired and hopeful.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=14229   (1662 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The rally at Freedom Plaza was originally planned as a demonstration at the White House to simultaneously highlight the economic abuses of the IMF, World Bank, and globalization, and the Bush administration’s reactionary foreign and domestic policy.
C-SPAN broadcast the event live, but much of the media reported the demise or “collapse” of the anti-globalization movement in the wake of the September 11 attacks, refusing to acknowledge that the anti-globalization movement is crucially connected to the emerging antiwar movement.
As one speaker stated at Freedom Plaza on September 29, “Peace without justice is empty.” We will mourn the victims, celebrate the survivors, and call for justice simultaneously.
www.iacboston.org /women/women_files.cfm?id=2001.11.19.185551   (1003 words)

  
 Her Vang's Freedom in D.C.
In a true sense, their walk was both historic and historical; it was symbolic of their determination to go to any length, to win liberation for their people, even if that means to suffer the pain of walking an arduous, long, and difficult journey.
Despite the little funds they had received as donations from members of the Hmong community, these Hmong marchers for freedom were determined to fulfill their promise to their constituents and to their Montagnards, Khmer Krom, and Tai Dam allies.
Freedom is gained through the hard work and dedication of people such as themselves.
www.hist.umn.edu /~vang/freedomDC.htm   (851 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Great Falls Memorial Dedication Set
The Great Falls Freedom Memorial will be dedicated Nov. 13 on the grounds of the Great Falls Library, capping an 18-month effort to honor residents of that area who have died serving their country or community.
The path leading to the memorial is called the Freedom Walk, ending at Freedom Plaza.
The plaza is surrounded by a granite curb and berm.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A23152-2004Nov3?language=printer   (256 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions about the 4 HOUR GUIDED PLAZA 21 FREEDOM TOUR
Plaza 21 is actually outside Cancun and sits behind a walled in area.
No doubt there are unscrupulous waiters and dancers in Plaza 21 as there are everywhere.
The document will be presented as link where you can go and read and print the information to insure you have a good time.
www.cancunparty.net /entertainment/faq_freedomtour.html   (434 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Those who intend to snack at lunchtime should take notice that mere minutes are set aside for that purpose, that any and all snacks should be consumed on Freedom Plaza.
We ask that NO food be eaten at the National Press Club, between the National Press Club and Freedom Plaza, during the march to the courthouse or after the march while at John Marshall Park.
She will be at the Washington Plaza Hotel on Sunday to interview others.
www.givemeliberty.org /RTPLawsuit/Update04-Jul-15.htm   (1277 words)

  
 Press Release June 14  2005
We will gather at Freedom Plaza as US citizens or political refugees who have found in the United States a place of comfort for our families and the possibility of exercising and continue to advocate the human freedoms and rights that are still denied to our peoples in our homelands.
The most critical concerns or the well-being of our people are: the right to own our ancestral lands, the right to religious freedom, freedom of assembly and the right to democracy in order to be able to run the affairs of our communities in accordance with the freely expressed will of our people.
Since Vietnam is seeking to be in friendly relations, a partner in trade and a strategic ally with the United States, the US should obtain that Vietnam stops considering as its enemy the members of the Montagnard Degar, Hmong, Khmer Krom and Tai people who sided with the United States during the war.
www.montagnard-foundation.org /MRelease_050614.htm   (688 words)

  
 Scoop: S27 DC: 100s Arrested At World Bank IMF Protests
4:32pm: 5th between E and F/Judiciary Square: The three busses are composed of activists from the pagan cluster and groups arrested in Freedom Plaza.
There is another protest on the other side of Freedom Plaza that is not being attacked.
9:36am: Freedom Plaza: Someone from the ACC said that there are 200 drummers surrounded by 400 cops.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0209/S00162.htm   (2514 words)

  
 Cultural Tourism DC - Search DC
This extensive plaza, inlaid with parts of the L'Enfant Plan, was designed by Robert Venturi, architect, and George Patton, landscape architect, in 1980.
Originally known as Western Plaza, it was renamed Freedom Plaza because Martin Luther King Jr.
The plaza is frequently used for festivals and special events.
www.culturaltourismdc.org /search_site2548/search_site_show.htm?doc_id=42440   (158 words)

  
 New York Road Runners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC 5K • 8 a.m.
The Metro Center Marriot, JW Marriott, Renaissance DC and Courtyard Convention Center are all within proximity to Freedom Plaza
Free baggage facilities will be provided as a convenience near the start/finish lines in Freedom Plaza.
www.nyrr.org /race/2006/r0917x00.php   (917 words)

  
 Brandontimes: 'Anything goes' at golf cart parade
Scaled down this year, the festivities at Freedom Plaza will include electric cars, clowns and about 50 decorated golf carts.
Led by Nichols, Freedom Plaza won the grand prize last year with a cart decorated as an airplane.
There will be a registration table at Freedom Plaza this morning so last-minute participants can sign up.
www.sptimes.com /2004/12/17/Brandontimes/_Anything_goes__at_go.shtml   (387 words)

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