Labor Day Service

The Matecumbe Historical Trust will hold their annual Labor Day Service on Monday, September 2nd starting at 9am at the Islamorada Hurricane Monument, mile marker 81.5. Please join us in memory of the those who perished in the 1935 Hurricane and for the unveiling of the 1935 Hurricane Map.
The Hurricane Monument memorializes hundreds of American Veterans and local citizens who died in the Hurricane of September 2, 1935. After World War 1, the newly created Federal Emergency Relief Administration offered the unemployed veterans’ jobs. Over 600 of these men came to the Florida Keys to help complete U.S. Highway One.
Each year the Matecumbe Historical Trust holds a service to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. The service will include the introduction, Invocation, Presentation of Colors, National Anthem, guest speakers, history of the hurricane, the laying of the memorial wreath, Taps, Patriotic songs, the Benediction, and the unveiling of the Hurricane Map. The Wreath is sponsored by Centennial Bank. For more information, please call Barbara at 305-393-0940.