Loachapoka holds annual Syrup Sopping Festival [Video]

See community members turn out for Syrup Sopping Festival in Loachapoka

Scenes from Loachapoka’s annual Syrup Sopping Festival at Pioneer Park on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical buildings, and more throughout Lee County Historical Society grounds.

Student volunteers feed sugarcane stalks through a horse-powered press, extracting the cane’s juice, during Syrup Sopping Festival at Pioneer Park in Loachapoka on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical buildings, and more throughout Lee County Historical Society grounds.

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Chad Mitchell feeds sugarcane through an automatic press to extract the cane’s juice at the Syrup Sopping Festival in Loachapoka on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The festival is a celebration of late-1800s and early-1900s life, featuring cane milling, syrup making, tours of historical …

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