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04/05/2025
11:00 AM

137 W. Michigan
DeLand, FL 32720

Jo Ann Lekawitch was the first woman to make a skydive at the Falling Angels Parachute Club in DeLand, two years after it opened for the first time for skydiving in 1959. She was 17 years old and the youngest woman to jump in America. The reenactment will cover her life, her experiences as a skydiver, and the history of skydiving in DeLand, from its early beginnings to the Skydiving Capital of the World. Jo Ann Lekawitch will be portrayed by Laine Berman of West Volusia Historical Society DeLand House Players