City Plans Celebration To Mark 150th Year
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Warsaw was incorporated as a town March 25, 1854. The population then was 750.
Next year, a celebration is planned to mark the city's 150th anniversary.
A celebration is planned for the last weekend in June, the 25th and 26th, with an arts and crafts show, kids' area and continuous entertainment on the courthouse square.
Proposed events include a Civil War encampment, the 11th annual Optimist triathlon, the Indiana Street Cub Mobile Race, a three-on-three basketball tournament, an Oakwood Cemetery tour and a downtown heritage walk of historic buildings.
Other events include a pie or cake judging contest, a beard contest (throw out the razors now!) and a women's vintage hat contest.
Winona Lake's Blue Laws vintage baseball team will host an exhibition game in Richardson-Dubois Park.
A parade is set for Saturday at 4 p.m followed by an antique boat show, antique car show and antique tractor show.
Three sesquicentennial planning meetings have been held at city hall and will meet each month. Citizens are welcome to join committees, such as: advertising/promotions/ antique boat show, antique car show, antique tractor show, beard contest, cake baking contest, courthouse square main stage entertainment, games for adults, games for kids, historic buildings tour, historic cemetery tour, ice cream social, women's vintage hat contest, parade, vendors - food, vendors - arts and crafts and Warsaw High School alumni reunion.
The planning group is asking for a theme and a logo. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 12. Anyone can contribute. However, children under age 18 must have a consent form completed by their parent or guardian if their theme or logo is selected.
Sesquicentennial theme and logo entries can be dropped off at either the Warsaw Community Development Corp. office, 107 E. Market St., or the Warsaw mayor's office, 302 E. Market St. For more information, call the WCDC office, 267-6419. [[In-content Ad]]
Warsaw was incorporated as a town March 25, 1854. The population then was 750.
Next year, a celebration is planned to mark the city's 150th anniversary.
A celebration is planned for the last weekend in June, the 25th and 26th, with an arts and crafts show, kids' area and continuous entertainment on the courthouse square.
Proposed events include a Civil War encampment, the 11th annual Optimist triathlon, the Indiana Street Cub Mobile Race, a three-on-three basketball tournament, an Oakwood Cemetery tour and a downtown heritage walk of historic buildings.
Other events include a pie or cake judging contest, a beard contest (throw out the razors now!) and a women's vintage hat contest.
Winona Lake's Blue Laws vintage baseball team will host an exhibition game in Richardson-Dubois Park.
A parade is set for Saturday at 4 p.m followed by an antique boat show, antique car show and antique tractor show.
Three sesquicentennial planning meetings have been held at city hall and will meet each month. Citizens are welcome to join committees, such as: advertising/promotions/ antique boat show, antique car show, antique tractor show, beard contest, cake baking contest, courthouse square main stage entertainment, games for adults, games for kids, historic buildings tour, historic cemetery tour, ice cream social, women's vintage hat contest, parade, vendors - food, vendors - arts and crafts and Warsaw High School alumni reunion.
The planning group is asking for a theme and a logo. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 12. Anyone can contribute. However, children under age 18 must have a consent form completed by their parent or guardian if their theme or logo is selected.
Sesquicentennial theme and logo entries can be dropped off at either the Warsaw Community Development Corp. office, 107 E. Market St., or the Warsaw mayor's office, 302 E. Market St. For more information, call the WCDC office, 267-6419. [[In-content Ad]]