AMBASSADOR OF THE KEYS, Part Two: The Republic

<p>When the Florida Keys became the Conch Republic, there was only really one person who could be their ambassador: Monroe County Mayor, and True Conch, Wilhelmina Harvey. This is her story.</p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/wfmpod/'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook</a></p> <p>Email the show at <a href='mailto:wfmpod@gmail.com'>wfmpod@gmail.com</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://keyslibraries.org/florida-history/'>Thank you so much to Tom Hambright! Check out more from the Monroe County Public Library right here!</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href='http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/content/FI/07/07/21/22/00001/FI07072122.pdf'>Read the oral history from Wilhelmina Harvey right here!</a></p> <p><a href='https://medium.com/war-is-boring/key-west-declared-a-faux-war-on-the-united-states-in-1982-f2c40b429e75'>Read more about the Conch Republic right here!</a></p> <p><a href='https://sp.library.miami.edu/subjects/Mariel'>Learn more about the Mariel Boatlift from this incredible piece of research from the University of Miami!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Looking for more episodes? Check out these stories!</p> <p><a href='https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/39-orange-bird/'>Orange Bird</a></p> <p><a href='https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/flagler-chapter-4-palaces-of-ambition/'>Flagler - Chapter 4</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Songs</p> <p>Hey Go</p> <p>Springtime</p> <p>Madness is Everywhere</p> <p>You Get The Blues</p> <p>Peaceful Morning</p> <p><a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/'>Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!</a></p>