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The search results focus on the **history of the Conch Republic's symbolic secession on April 23, 1982**[1][2], and include some general diving site information for the Florida Keys[6]. However, they do not provide:
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**What I can confirm from the sources:** The Conch Republic was born when **Mayor Dennis Wardlow symbolically seceded Key West from the United States on April 23, 1982**, in response to a U.S. Border Patrol blockade of the only road connecting the Florida Keys to the mainland[1][2]. The protest culminated in a theatrical "battle" where locals attacked a Coast Guard cutter with water balloons, conch fritters, and stale Cuban bread before Wardlow immediately surrendered and requested foreign aid[1][3]. The roadblock was subsequently removed, and the Conch Republic now exists as a "state of mind" celebrated annually during Conch Republic Days[4].
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