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Conch Repubic celebrates its independenceBy Staff reports
On April 23 each year, The Conch Republic celebrates the anniversary of its independence from the United States of America.
It was born on April 23, 1982 in response to a United States Border Patrol blockade of the Florida Keys.
A history and position paper from the hastily-formed Conch Republic's Office of the Secretary General states that because the United States government treated the Keys like a foreign country, then-Key West Mayor Dennis Wardlow seceded from the Union, declared war, surrendered and demanded foreign aid.
During the intervening years, the U.S. never reacted to the secession, thereby establishing the sovereignty for the Conch Republic under International Law governing "adverse possession between soveriegn nations."
The Conch Republic celebrates its independence annually in a "public and notorious manner" during a ten-day celebration.
WOW, a ten-day celebration in a "public and notorious manner". Sounds like fun. Is there room for one more?