Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Upcoming Licking County Bicentennial Events


Annual Graveyard Walk – Cedar Hill Cemetery in east Newark – Friday evening, September 12th – 6:00pm – 9:00pm. Event held in conjunction with the Licking County Historical Society. Tickets $5 each. Celebrating departed Licking County residents as they reappear to tell their unique stories.

Bicentennial Pioneer Days (Fall) – Joint Licking and Knox County Counties Bicentennial Celebration – September 13th – at 4-H Camp Ohio. A wide variety of family oriented outdoor activities are planned.

Saturday and Sunday, September 27th-28th – In conjunction with the County Bicentennial, Pataskala is staging an Antique Power Show. The location is Foundation Park in Pataskala during daylight hours. The event is free and is sponsored by the Pataskala and Summit Station Lions Clubs. Featured will be exhibits of antique power equipment, on Sunday a church service and later in the day a car show, children’s activities, garden produce and canned items, a pie baking contest and tractor pulls both days. Call Mike Compton at (740) 927-5757 for details.


Bicentennial ‘Don’t Miss The Bus’ Tour – Licking County Historical Society
Saturday, October 18th. Enjoy an enjoyable bus tour visiting historic points of interest in the southern half of Licking County. It begins with a continental breakfast at 8:30 at Buckingham House in Veterans Park in Newark. The motor coach departs Veterans Park at 9:00am. Tickets $30 for LCHS members and $35 for non-members, and includes breakfast and lunch. For details contact – Licking County Historical Society – 740-345-4898.


Sunday evening, October 19th at 7:00pm at the Midland Theatre in downtown Newark, enjoy “Licking County Celebrating 200 Years.
This Bicentennial event will be a multi-media extravaganza and a patriotic celebration of our county and our country, featuring a narrated rendition of “A Lincoln Portrait”, a photo montage of Licking County set to “An American in Paris”, and several other quintessential American pieces. This event is part of the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra’s (NGSO) season and in partnership with the Midland.
Plans call for a showing of excerpts of the 'Our Home Town', a 1940's movie showing many local landmarks, with symphony accompaniment. After intermission the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra we'll do the same with the contemporary video created by Gary Baker of Baker Video.
Tickets are available from The Midland Box Office – call 740-345-LIVE (5483) of stop by the Midland in downtown Newark. The Box Office is open Monday thru Friday from 9:00am till 4:00pm.



Bicentennial Licking County Passport – Concluding event Sunday, November 2nd - Tourism, Education and Promotion event highlighting area attractions. Program began in April and concludes with a program at the Newark Public Library featuring Fritz Klein as Abraham Lincoln.


Friday, November 28th – 6:00pm - 60th Annual Christmas Courthouse Lighting – continuing a holiday tradition that began in 1949.

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