CELEBRATION
An onlooker waits patiently as Roy Summerlin fries up a fresh batch of hush puppies to go with
the mahi-mahi, coleslaw and baked beans that make up his family’s famous fish fry.
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Members of the Sons of the Confederacy,
Pvt. George W. Thomas, Camp 1595
set up an exhibit of artifacts and demonstrations
right next to an exhibit of the
75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. No hostilities
broke out. Dru Dehart of Fort Pierce
was busy sewing hairnets, which usually
take her about 60 hours to complete. She
said the nets would have been made predominantly
by women in the North since
Southern women usually wore bonnets
while working in the fields.
Authors Alley drew history buffs to its
tables. Students of Luca Bradley, a teacher
of advanced placement U.S. history at Fort
Pierce Central High School, found that the
exhibits supplemented their lessons.
Another popular event at the festival,
which was produced by Indian River
Magazine and co-sponsored by Main
Street Fort Pierce, Sunrise Theatre and
the St. Lucie Historical Society, was the
downtown walk-around by paranormal
investigator Larry Lawson, who spun
tales of ghostly sightings at the Sunrise
Theatre and Boston House.
Too bad those spirits cannot share
their memories of times gone by on the
Treasure Coast. They would make an interesting,
eerie and most likely a popular
addition to the daylong event.
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Along the Downtown Waterfront
at Marina Square
8 a.m. until noon
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