Charlottesville's 250th Anniversary
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1762 is the year in which Charlottesville was chartered as a town in the Colony of Virginia. City Council has set aside $50,000 for a celebration of Charlottesville's 250th Anniversary to mark the event in 2012. Staff, Ric Barrick have been meeting with community leaders and potential partners to discuss how to proceed with the celebration.[1] The target date for a celebration is November 12, 2012, the 250th anniversary of the drafting of Charlottesville's charter. In Charlottesville's 2011-12 budget an additional $25,000 was set aside for the celebration to be matched equally by private contributions.[2]
Becky Clay Christensen is the facilitator for the city the process of preparing for Charlottesville's 250th Anniversary, which will have the theme "a Year of Stories."[2]
As part of Celebrate 250!, a logo will be featured on everything – exhibits, displays, banners, posters, and signs. The logo was created by the talents of Rick Bickhart, a local graphic designer who donated his time and talents for the event.
Part of celebration will involve digging up a time capsule that was buried for the 200th anniversary in 1962. The location for this time capsule was never marked on any map nor was any marker placed to denote its precise location. Through the assistant of NAEVA Geophysics the location has been narrowed down. Extraction will occur in April of 2012. Steven G. Meeks of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society says it is buried near Charlottesville's circuit court. A new time capsule with a marker will be buried on December 23, 2012 - the date Charlottesville's charter was signed by the colonial governor.[2]
Featured stories
Here are some of the featured articles related to this event:
- Tarleton Oak
- Ed Roseberry
- Becky Clay Christensen
- Paul M. Gaston
- Randolph Louis White
- Charlottesville Nurses During the Civil War
- Starr Hill neighborhood
- Oakwood Cemetery
- First Baptist Church (West Main Street)
- Maplewood Cemetery
- University of Virginia Cemetery
- Portal:History
- The Municipal Band of Charlottesville
- Eugene Williams
- Nannie Cox Jackson
- Charlottesville's 250th Anniversary
Steering Committee
Committee members announced October 6, 2010[3]
- Mark Beliles, Co-Chair
- Steven G. Meeks, Co-Chair
- Marnie Allen
- George Benford
- Preston A. Coiner
- Nancy Damon
- Anne Gilliam
- Jacqueline Lichtman
- Morgan MacKenzie-Perkins
- Deborah Prum
- Karen Shepard
- Bob Stroh
- Edwina St. Rose
- Heather Walker
- Satyendra Huja[4]
References
- ↑ Tubbs, Sean. "City Prepares to Celebrate 250th Birthday." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 19 May 2010. Web. 20 Aug. 2010. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2010/05/-city-prepares-to-celebrate-250th-birthday.html>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Web. Location of buried time capsule a mystery, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, retrieved January 18, 2011.
- ↑ Barrick, Ric. "Council Appoints Board Positions." Message to Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow. 6 Oct. 2010. E-mail.
- ↑ Charlottesville City Council Meeting. City Hall, Charlottesville. 7 February 2011. Public Meeting.