County Celebrating Bicentennial With Birthday Bash For The Community
EVANSVILLE, IN – Friday, July 6, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Vanderburgh County Commissioners Bruce Ungethiem, Cheryl Musgrave and Ben Shoulders invite the Community to a “Birthday Bash†at the Old Courthouse lawn to mark the midway point of the County’s 200th year. “We are thrilled with the community support for the County Bicentennial Celebration. This is an exciting time for Vanderburgh County. It’s wonderful to celebrate our history and more importantly, to celebrate where we are going,†said Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave
Friday’s event will kick off at 10:00 am at the 4th Street Stairs of the Old Courthouse with the presentation of a Bicentennial Birthday Cake created and donated by Kempf’s Donut Bank Bakeries. The County Commissioners will recognize the County’s many public servants and the County Bicentennial Celebration sponsors. “We want to take the opportunity to recognize the many businesses and individuals who support the Bicentennial Celebration and also the many public servants who serve our community day in and day out,†Said County Commissioner Bruce Ungethiem.
The event is part of the Old Courthouse Lunch on the Lawn series presented by the Old Courthouse Foundation and is free for the community to attend. Attendees can purchase food from a number of local food trucks including Fresh by Genes, Kona Ice, Pizza by the Slice, Chef Bruce Li, Uncle Ted’s, Lamasco on Location, Papa T’s Tamales, Jayson Munoz Caters, River City Dawgs, and Sassy Sweet Confections. A Mobile Zipline brought to the community by the Old National Events Plaza will be set up on 4th Street and will run between the Old Courthouse and the Old Vanderburgh Jail. It is free for participants to ride. In addition, families can enjoy inflatables and face painting. “This is a family-fun event and we hope to see many faces from the community come out and enjoy the day, “said Commissioner Ben Shoulders.
Bicentennial T-shirts will be available for purchase at the event. All shirt sales proceeds go to support the Bicentennial Park project.
Free parking can be found at the Vanderburgh County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum located at 300 Court Street, across from the Old Courthouse.
For more information on the Vanderburgh County Bicentennial, Celebration and upcoming events go to www.VanderburghBicentennial.com.
FOOTNOTE: For more information contact Joelle Knight, Chairwoman of Vanderburgh County Bicentennial Commission at 812-568-9646 or email info@vanderburghbicentennial.com
