Retired Lieutenant Colonel Allen West will be speaking at the night-fire battle at the Battle of Big Cypress Friday night.
The event is part of this weekends re-enactment activities. Entrance fees are required to the event. Happing just across the river from downtown.
West is an American politician, and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel. A member of the Republican Party, West represented Florida’s 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and has served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas since 2020.