Conch Republic Independence Celebration

   April 18 - 27, 2025  Key West
Conch Republic Independence Celebration
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The Conch Republic was born on April 23, 1982 in response to a U.S. Border Patrol Blockade of the Florida Keys. Since the U.S. insisted on treating the Keys like a foreign country, Mayor Dennis Wardlow seceded from the Union. Today we stand proudly as a community of who have a “Sovereign State Of Mind” and as the “People who seceded where others have failed.” Celebration activities include parties, commemorative water tours including harbor sails, the staging of the "Great Sea Battle of the Conch Republic," bed races on Duval Street, film screenings and much more.