Article: Conch Republic "insurrection" celebration underway. (Florida Keys & Key West)

Article: A country called Key West The Conch ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  November 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Cancer. This is the Conch Republic. Normalcy assumes ... mainland. Normal for Key West has been hard to define ... introduction to the Key West scene. After strolling ... Williamsburg, not the Conch Republic. Key West has never been known ...

Conch Republic
AP Images;  April 21, 2007 ;     274 words ... ... compete in the Great Conch Republic Drag Race, a facet of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration ... April 21, 2007, in Key West, Fla. The 10-day ... anniversary of the birth of Key West's Conch Republic "nation" after local ...

Article: USO Party and Commissioning of Conch Republic Naval ...
Solares Hill;  November 24, 2006 ;     628 words ... ... benefit for the Key West Maritime Heritage ... At 8 p.m. the Conch Republic's Supreme Commander ... Flagship of the Conch Republic, relocated to ... true piece of old Key West. Want to join ... which benefits the Key West Maritime Historical ... Taylor and the ...

Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race
Getty Images;  April 29, 2007 ;     260 words ... ... 29-2007 Conch Republic Red Ribbon ... 1674 KB) KEY WEST - APRIL 29 ... 2007 in Key West, Florida ... the 10-day Conch Republic Independence ... April 30. The Conch Republic was formed in 1982 when Key West "seceded ...

Article: Rising waters catch the Conch Republic by surprise
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 25, 2005 ;     679 words ... ... 2005 Rising waters catch the Conch Republic by surprise -- Key West residents bail out after staying ... NEWS Edtion: All Editions KEY WEST, Fla. - This island city ... Farther west, near the part of Key West that marks the southernmost ...

Article: Conch Republic survives _ if you know where to ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... about 20 years. Key West seceded from the ... declared itself the Conch Republic on April 18, 1982 ... you very much. "Key West has always been ... former mayor of Key West and leader of the ... ought to be the Conch Republic.'" Not exactly ...

Conch Republic Bed Race
AP Images;  April 26, 2009 ;     275 words ... ... Bureau, entrants in the Conch Republic Bed Race propel their ... April 25, 2009, in Key West, Fla. The wacky event ... in the 10-day long Conch Republic Independence Celebration ... festival commemorates Key West's 1982 "secession ...