How Can Flora Be Part of the Celebration?

The Indiana Bicentennial 2016

Becky Skillman, Co-chair, President/CEO, Radius IndianaLee Hamilton, Co-chair, Director, Center on Congress - Indiana UniversityFirst Lady Karen Pence, Bicentennial AmbassadorJudge Sarah Evans Barker, U.S. District Court - Southern District of IndianaCharlie Brown, State Representative, Indiana State House District 3Howard Cohen, Chancellor Emeritus, Purdue University, CalumetSteve Ferguson, Chairman, Cook GroupTony George, Owner, Vision Investments, LLCP.E. MacAllister, Chairman, MacAllister Machinery CompanyJames Madison, Professor Emeritus, Indiana UniversityMickey Maurer, Chairman, National Bank of IndianapolisMary McConnell, Indiana State Director, The Nature ConservancyJim McCormick, Owner, Bestway Express Inc.Senator Jim Merritt, Indiana SenateEllen Rosenthal, President/CEO, Conner Prairie Interactive History ParkChief Justice Randall Shepard, Indiana Supreme Court

Indiana Bicentennial Commission Members

INDIANA BICENTENNIAL THEMES

Celebrate history…Ignite the future

NATURECONSERVATION

YOUTH ANDEDUCATION

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

HISTORICALCELEBRATION

• Historical Celebration• Youth and Education

• Community Involvement • Nature Conservation

Indiana 1816

Carroll County Formation• 1828 – Carroll County and Delphi founded• 1828 – Deer Creek, Rock Creek, & Tippecanoe Twps. • 1830 – Jackson Township• 1831 – Adams & Clay Townships• 1832 – Burlington Township and town; Camden• 1835 – Carrollton, Democrat, Washington Townships• 1836 – Jefferson Township• 1837 – Madison Township• 1840 – Monroe Township• 1872 – Flora platted• 1937 – Liberty Township

Past Carroll County Celebrations• 1916 – State Centennial • 1924 – Centennial of first county settlement• 1928 – Centennials of Delphi and Carroll County • 1932 – Camden Centennial• 1955 – Carroll County Old Settlers Centennial• 1966 – Indiana Sesquicentennial• 1972 – Flora Centennial• 1976 – U.S. Bicentennial• 1978 – Burlington Sesquicentennial• 1982 – Camden Sesquicentennial• 2005 – Carroll Co. Old Settlers Sesquicentennial

Indiana Centennial & Sesquicentennial

• Celebration of Indiana becoming the 19th state on December 11, 1816

• Centennial celebrated 1916 with first state parks, many pageants, parades, festivities, publications—local and state

• 1916 Carroll County celebration led by Mrs. Charles (Jennie McCain) Buckley

• 1966 Sesquicentennial - Leo Craig (state) and John Peterson (local)

Bicentennial Legacy Projects

• Benefits of Endorsement – Listing on the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial website,

www.indiana2016.org– Permission to use the official 2016 Indiana Bicentennial

logo, in accordance with the established logo guidelines, on Indiana Bicentennial related promotional materials

– Letter of endorsement from the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Commission

• Download the Application www.indiana2016.org

Carroll County Legacy ProjectsAlready Approved:• Carroll County Digital Newspaper Archive• Flora History is Indiana History – Pop-Up Galleries• Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center Displays UpdateProspective:• High School Basketball Histories & Historical Markers• Bicentennial Park and Bicentennial Monument• Baum’s Landing Archaeological Exploration• One Room School Project• Murals • … and many more

Bicentennial Park –

Monon High Bridge and Trail,

Bicentennial Monument – East Delphi

County Project Examples• Repaint and rehabilitate historical markers• Celebrate construction of the courthouse

begun 1916 (cornerstone laid)• Opera House programs• Salute to local artists of the past and present • Digital libraries of newspapers and books• Write and/or preserve church, club, town,

township, business, site, building histories• “Brand” annual festival/event: Bicentennial

Bacon Bowl, Bicentennial Hog Jog, etc.

Potential Local Projects…..• Special recognition of the Bicentennial at the

2016 4-H Fair• Flora Depot restoration project• Facebook “Flora Memories” page• Special Bicentennial branding of the Hog Jog,

Car Show, Adams Mill Bridge Run, Midnight Madness, Farmers Market, etc.

• Historic costumed baseball/horseshoes/ croquet tournaments

Legacy Projects Elsewhere

• North Manchester– Bison-tennial project with local K-12 schools, MU, Chamber of Commerce and Civic Groups

• Montgomery County – Restoration of Courthouse Clock Tower

• Boone County – Senior Biography Project – interviews with centenarians – booklet of memories and stories

• Tippecanoe County – Greenbush Cemetery Restoration• LaPorte County – Prominent People - museum exhibit

highlighting local citizens with broad impact.

Barns, Farms, Agriculture

Statewide:• Bicentennial Barns Project• Heritage Barns of Indiana – Painting projectLocal:• Assist Centennial Farm applicants with research?• Antique Tractor Club & Adams Mill collaboration?• 4-H, FFA activities of some sort?• Barn quilts

– Implemented in 2012 with $30M-State & Eli Lilly– Progress to date: 119 Projects Approved

• Up to $300K/grant, local match required• 54 different counties• To date $22.4M BNT funds, $29.7M match• 58 closed projects, 5,970 acres • Goal to have at least one project in each

county

Legacy ProjectsBNT ProjectsBoth

329 Total Projects77 of 92 Counties

34 With Both

• IBC Legacy and • BNT Projects

Torch Relay

92 counties; 2300 miles; 5 weeks. Carroll County

October 6, 2016; 20 torchbearers