 Wow - it's almost the Bicentennial: the view from 100 days out
By: Perry Hammock, Sept. 2, 2016
Today we are 100 days from December 11. To think that the Indiana Bicentennial
Commission volunteers have been working for almost five years now to make sure
we can honor this time in history.
Thanks to them all! Please check
out our new social media campaign for September, where we compare and contrast
1916 and 2016; centennial to bicentennial.
Our social media team – Sam Alderfer and Jylian Vigar - have brought
great accolades to the bicentennial effort in Indiana. September will be another award winning
month, I am sure! If you have photos or
reminiscences from 1916, let us know, perhaps we can weave them into this exciting
month-long initiative.
Fall seems to be a traditional time to honor sports. Baseball just sort of finishing up, football
just underway, basketball on the horizon, hockey, volleyball, soccer, cross
country, golf, tennis – the list is seemingly endless. Indiana has great representation in
sports. Seventeen Olympians from our
state competed well in Rio and many wore their Indiana colors proudly. Nine Hoosier Paralympians will compete on the
same venues in Rio in mid September. These
great athletes represent our state well in the highest level of competition in
their sports. Congratulations to them
all!
For the rest of us, the non-Olympians, there is a plethora
of things to do that will get you active during the Bicentennial. From Hoosier Campfires sponsored by Indiana
Humanities, to exhilarating bicycle adventures at the Griffin Bike Park in
Terre Haute, now is the time to get outdoors and smell the flowers, watch the
birds, photograph the natural wonders, and ride, motor, hike, bike, canoe or
just perambulate around the state. All
manner of possibilities are easily found on our website – or check with the
Department of Natural Resources (did you
know you can check out a free State Park pass form any public library
this year?), Indiana Humanities (I am going to the Gene Stratton Porter
campfire on October 8), the Indiana Department of Health and your local
Bicentennial Committee.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Hoosier Homecoming
on October 15. This free, family event will take place on the Statehouse campus
from noon to 5 pm. Free parking will be available in state parking
garages. Reenactors, mascots and
characters will roam the grounds, entertainment will be top notch, historic
tours of the Statehouse will be offered, and we will welcome the Bicentennial
Torch to the end of its 3,200 mile journey around Indiana. It’s a day not to be missed.
Enjoy summer, fall is on the way!
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