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As of about four years ago Deerfield Beach elevated the status of their “Crackers” when they changed the name of the annual City Celebration from “Cracker Day” to “Founders Day”.

The name change wasn’t a big deal, but their have been some interesting observations since. During the Cracker Day Parade all the “Crackers” would line up along our main street to cheer the Founding Families of Deerfield Beach. One of those families is the Poitier family, who share direct ancestry with Sydney and were celebrated as much if not more than anyone else.

Today since we elevated the Crackers to the status of Founders, there’s hardly a mention of the Pointiers or any of our heritage. Our local media ignores any of our City’s heritage too.

We have a local Historical Society, but they appear more of a social society. On one Founders Day a Historical Society's representives tried tro kick me between the legs in front of the parade veiwing stand. While I was marching along side the Mayor and City Manager's convertible with a sign that read "Now That Enron Dried Up, The City Wants to Soak The Beach" (City Manager was caught having secret meetings with developers and energy interests & recieved renegotiated contract six months later, city utility taxes went up, his wife is a realtor and we still reelected the frigin Mayor and comissioners.) They deserved the ridicule of my march.

It was hillarious as the Mayor, City Manager, and I started to finish our pass of the reviewing stand this woman dashes out from behind her Beenie Baby booth and starts trying to kick me, I used my sign and Bull fighting tecniques to defend about three passes of the raging bull, the crowd loved it. Couldn't have wished for better street theatre at a better place or time.