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Florida Keys' Kicked Off Bicentennial Celebration
Festivities featured performances by musician Nick Norman and headliner Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band.
March 29, 2023
KEY WEST - Some 250 drones illuminated the sky above Key West's historic waterfront Saturday night in a dazzling "fireworks" display that capped the opening event of the Florida Keys' bicentennial celebration.
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The drone extravaganza highlighted the "200 Years of Paradise Kick-off Concert" saluting the 200th anniversary of the Florida Territorial Legislature's founding of Monroe County, which contains the entire Florida Keys island chain, on July 3, 1823.
Festivities featured performances by musician Nick Norman and headliner Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band, Keys heritage presentations by Monroe County commissioners and big-screen video segments illustrating the Keys vibrant two-century history.
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