From left, Holly Enders, Iraida Diaz, Jerry Harris, Alex Makowitz, Suzi Makowitz, Bill Makowitz, Janet Harris, Nick Makowitz, Samantha Makowitz and Dulce Fontes put the props in Key West Party’s photo booth to good use.
A picture-perfect sunset over glassy waters greeted partygoers at Monroe County’s 200th anniversary celebration on May 19 at the restored Old Seven Mile Bridge.
Marathon High School’s culinary arts students served up a bevy of appetizers while drinks from Big Pine Key’s Grimal Grove and the Marathon Rotary Club wet attendees’ whistles. Crowds packed the northern side of Old Seven and toasted the sunset as they looked for a green flash with a musical backdrop from Marathon’s 79th Street Band.
The event was the latest in a series to celebrate Monroe County’s bicentennial anniversary since its July 3 founding by the Florida Territorial Legislature in 1823. Formerly spanning from Lake Okeechobee to Key West when it was the sixth county admitted into the Florida territory, the county’s current boundaries include the Florida Keys island chain and a mostly uninhabited area of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve.
The next event in the county’s anniversary series is a Sea-to-Table event at Islamorada’s Bud N’ Mary’s Marina on Saturday, June 10 at 6:30 p.m. More information is at islamoradachamber.com.
From left, commissioner Michelle Lincoln, Monroe County Mayor Craig Cates and Mayor Pro Tem Holly Raschein.A picturesque Keys sunset ended an evening of music, food and drinks to commemorate Monroe County’s 200th anniversary.Partygoers fill the northern edge of Old Seven for the last glimpses of the sunset.Partygoers fill the northern edge of Old Seven for the last glimpses of the sunset.From left, Rachel Vollemans, Mike ‘Ladies Man’ Puto and Kristina Helms.Commissioner Michelle Lincoln leads a sunset toast to honor all past and present commissioners who have contributed to the evolution of Monroe County.The 79th Street Band’s David Dipre leads the band through the Foo Fighters’ ‘Times Like These.’Chef Flavor and Marathon’s culinary arts students served up an assortment of finger foods for hundreds of hungry partygoers.From left, Holly Enders, Iraida Diaz, Jerry Harris, Alex Makowitz, Suzi Makowitz, Bill Makowitz, Janet Harris, Nick Makowitz, Samantha Makowitz and Dulce Fontes put the props in Key West Party’s photo booth to good use.TJ, left, and Anneke Patterson take in the sights from Old Seven.The 79th Street Band’s shreds a guitar solo.Chef Flavor and Marathon’s culinary arts students served up an assortment of finger foods for hundreds of hungry partygoers.
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