7/18/2023 Islamorada Library: Monroe County at 200 Years

7/18/2023 Islamorada Library: Monroe County at 200 Years

.Monroe County is celebrating its bicentennial this year. Dr. Corey Malcom, lead historian at the Monroe County Public Library’s Florida Keys History Center, reviews the last 200 years of eventful Keys history, including pirates and pioneers, railroad workers and more. He’ll be joined by artist Michelle Nichole Lowe whose own family history in the Keys extends over 100 years, and the meaning behind her custom painting for the cover of the bicentennial issue of Keys Traveler magazine. Program beg