| Beverly Robinson Ware (brware33168@yahoo.com) |
| My wonderful thoughts of Virginia Key Beach include, the huge dance floor, the snack bar delicious corn dog, lots of palm trees for shade and the aromas coming from the bar-b-que pits. Last but not least, our senior picnic that required the(6T6) class to walk from Dixie Park Pool to Virginia Key Beach. We sang every hit song, told jokes, even danced along the way to make the trip a memorable one. Yes, some fellow Washingtonians cheated but for the most part, the majority walked the entire trip. |
| Kevin C. Butler (kevincbutler@yahoo.com) |
| I remember the adventures my fsmily and freinds have taken to Virginia Key Beach. I remeber getting to the causeway entrance and to my left was the giant shark spinming telling tourist to stop at the Seaquarium. By this time all of the kids in the car were so excited. It was only a few minutes to that point from Overtown but we thought we were on a two day trip. There was the food, the music, the blankets, the coals for the bbq, the pillows, the games,all stuffed in the car and some times we had one of the elders along and that is a story in itself.By the time we got halfway over the first bridge the car was usually quiet all heads turned looking at the blue waters but then by the time we over that bridge ther were the signs on the left there was huge clamshell bandstand all the kids and some of the grownfolks WOWED and AHHHHH |
| Patricia A. Miles Bendross (PBendross@aol.com) |
| When I think of Virginia Key Beach a smile comes to my face. I grew up in the fifties and sixties and there was nothng more exciting for me than going to the beach with my family and with my friends. My favorite thing to do was to dance on the cement dance floor. We'd have to feed coins to the music box but that was never a problem. The music just kept coming. God bless this project. |
| Don Deresz (deresz_d@firn.edu) |
| I hope that a plaque will be prominently displayed in the Park quoting part of the Park's "re-"dedication speech that was given by Ms. A. Range, who explained the need for everyone to remember the history of the Virginia Key Beach Park and the invitation that the Park is forever "open to people of all colors." |
| Robert Hall (clax12@msn.com) |
| A special part of growing up in the Overtown section of Miami in the 1950s and 60s was going to Virginia Key Beach. Where else, besides church, could you meet another person who knew your cousins--the ones living in Brownsville. The cabanas, train, and merry-go-round were always larger than life. I can still smell the salt air. |
| Eugenia B. Thomas (mseebt@aol.com) |
| The Baker's Haulover Protest Wading
Mrs. Thomas, the widow of Attorney Lawson E. Thomas, who actually led the protest at Baker's Haulover, was as close anyone to the events of that day. Shortly thereafter, it was publicly announced that Virginia Key Beach was opened in August 1, 1945. |
| |
| Send Testimonial
|
