{"id":735,"date":"2026-06-05T04:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:32:58","slug":"statue-and-monument-to-glenn-curtiss-to-be-unveiled-august-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=735","title":{"rendered":"Statue and Monument to Glenn Curtiss to be unveiled August 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- image --><br \/>\n<!-- content --><\/p>\n<p><span>A bronze statue of Glenn Curtiss, who founded Miami Springs in 1926, will be unveiled along with a monument on August 22<\/span><span>nd<\/span><span> in the Town Square as part of the city\u2019s Centennial Celebration. The statue was the brainchild of Miami Springs City Councilman Jorge Santin, who recognized an opportunity to honor the history and accomplishments of the renowned aviation pioneer, inventor and land developer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=733\">CFO Blaise Ingoglia Holds Press Conference at MDFR USAR FL-TF1 Training Site on Hurricane Preparedness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGlenn Curtiss helped put Miami Springs on the map. Now it\u2019s our responsibility to keep that legacy alive,\u201d said Santin. \u201cAs we celebrate our Centennial, let\u2019s remember that history doesn\u2019t just define us \u2013 it drives us forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Miami Springs sculptor Natalie Plasencia designed the statue of Glenn Curtiss and the accompanying walk-through monument that resembles the wing frame and aileron of a \u2018June Bug\u2019, an experimental aircraft designed and first flown by Curtiss\u2019 in 1908. That flight is recognized as the first publicly observed and officially recorded flight of over one kilometer in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy research led me to design and create not only in the classical way of a bronze human figure, but with the hope that the public might feel the space between the wings, where air moves, lift happens and the human leaves the ground,\u201d said Plasencia. \u201cMy admiration for Glenn Curtiss is not only because of his achievements, but because he was quietly determined and defined by sincerity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Miami Springs Historian Kenneth Wilde, Glenn Curtiss made an enormous impact on the aviation industry as an airplane designer and pilot. He is known today as the \u2018Father of U.S. Naval Aviation; his planes known as the Jenny and Curtiss flying boats were used extensively by the Navy during World War I. His genius and intrepidness weren\u2019t limited to aviation, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=731\">Fun and Educational Royal Poinciana Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn 1908, Curtiss rode a motorcycle he had designed at 136 miles an hour, making him the fastest man on earth at the time,\u201d said Wilde. \u201cHe also raised cattle and founded Opa Locka and Hialeah, in addition to Miami Springs, where he lived in the Curtiss Mansion until his death in 1930.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Born is Hammondsport, New York in 1878, Glenn Curtiss produced engines for airships while in his 20\u2019s and worked in the American Experiment Association founded by Alexander Graham Bell. His historic 5,090-foot flight in the June Bug on July 4, 1908 at Stony Brook Farm in Hammondsport captured national and international attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>The honoring of Glenn Curtiss is long overdue because he was not just a pioneering figure in Florida history, but one of America\u2019s great unsung heroes,\u201d said Santin.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cHis ideas and inventions revolutionized aviation around the world and, for us, his founding of our city is something we will be forever grateful for.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For more information about Miami Springs and upcoming events, please click <\/span><span>here<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>Details about tax-deductible sponsorship opportunities for the Glenn Curtiss statue and monument are available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miamimovershub.com\/?p=729\">Jerry Libbin Recognized for Lifetime of Community Leadership and Service<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze statue of Glenn Curtiss, who founded Miami Springs in 1926, will be unveiled along with a monument on August 22nd in the Town Square as part of the city\u2019s Centennial Celebration. 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