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Indiana Bicentennial Celebration 2016
Marion County
County Coordinator
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Steve Campbell, stevecampbell630@gmail.com
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Melissa Caito, 317-237-5039, mcaito@indianasportscorp.org
Marion County Legacy Projects
- 19 Stars: Quilts of Indiana's Present and Past
- 19 Stars of Indiana Art: A Bicentennial Celebration
- 19 Historical Steps to Statehood
- 40th Anniversary of the State Data Center Program: 200 Years of Indiana Data and Geography
- 40th INDY International Festival
- 200 Years of Indiana Art: A Cultural Legacy
- 1816 Bicentennial Sister City Legacy Project
- 2016 ICW Torchbearer Awards - Celebrating 200 Years
- 2016 Indy Asian American Times Constellation Award Gala
- A Gentleman Collector from Indiana: Portraits from the Collection of Booth Tarkington
- A Guide to Restoring Indiana Historical Markers
- A Hoosier Bicentennial Medley - 200 Years in Poetry and Song
- A Joy Forever: Marie Webster Quilts
- A Land Enchanted: The Golden Age of Indiana Art, 1877-1902
- Adrien's Orchard Annual Apple Pie Contest with Guest Judge Johnny Appleseed
- Art in the Park
- Art in the Park
- Art in the Park
- Art in the Park
- Art in the Park
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- Asian Fest - 2016
- Attucks: The School that Opened a City
- Bad Wolf
- Bicentennial Bazaar
- Bicentennial Book Releases
- Bicentennial Celebration
- Bicentennial Celebration through the Lens of Indiana's Chinese Immigrants
- Bicentennial Expo
- Bicentennial Flag Raising and Inaugural Civil War Artillery Deployment
- Bicentennial Garden Makeover
- Bicentennial Public Relations and Marketing Project
- Bicentennial Revolutionary War Exhibit
- Bicentennial Service Ceremony
- Big Car Collaborative
- Blue Star Memorial Marker
- Broad Ripple Celebrates the Bicentennial
- Bunker Hill Elementary School Celebrates Indiana
- Butler in Indiana's 200 - Butler Faculty, Friends and Affiliates Who Shaped the Hoosier State
- Butler in Indiana's 200 - Butler Faculty, Friends and Affiliates Who Shaped the Hoosier State: A Digital Exhibit
- Butler Student Collaboration: Children's Book Focused on the History of Indiana for Children
- Cardinal Nest Houses
- Celebrate Indiana with Indianapolis Opera
- Celebrating Service & Diversity
- Celebrating the History of Indiana through Music
- Charlie Wiggins: A Legacy in Racing
- Children's Walkway Through History
- Chinese in Indiana
- Connections North
- Cultural Activities Program of the Consulate of Mexico in Indianapolis
- Cumberland Arts Goes to Market
- Deal Me "IN" Short Story Reading Challenge
- Decades of Dirt
- Discover Indiana Website and Phone App Bicentennial Tour
- Eagle Creek Park: Bicentennial Nature Center Network
- Earth Day Indiana Festival
- English Country Dancing at Garfiled Park Arts Center
- First Lady's 1816 Bicentennial Tea
- First Lady Bicentennial Rug Donation to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
- First Lady's Indiana Bicentennial 2016 China
- Fort Harrison State Park: Bicentennial Nature Center Network
- Fountain Trust Pipe Band 2016 Indiana Performances
- German Contributions to the Building of Indiana
- Girl Scouts Paying it Forward for Healthy Hoosiers
- Going Green & Eco Science Fair
- Going Native with Animalia
- Grandfriends Day - Celebrate Indiana Bicentennial at St. Monica School
- Gustave Baumann, German Craftsman - American Artist
- Hart's Bakery Indiana Themed Decorated Cakes Contest
- Harry Hoosier Project
- His Place Eatery's Adult and Child Cornmeal Recipe Challenge
- Historic Irvington Halloween Festival
- Holiday Park: Bicentennial Nature Center Network
- HoosiArt 200-200 Years of Hoosier Impact on our Environment
- Hoosier Composers at the Fair
- Hoosier Neighbors: Painting Rails to Build Crossroad Trails
- Hoosier Philanthropy: Understanding the Past, Planning for the Future
- Hoosier Pride and Cultural Legacy Project
- Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana Digital Historic Newspaper Program
- Hoosier Women at Work: Indiana Women's History Conference
- In Pursuit of State Pride: A 4th Grade Field Trip to Remember
- Indiana Automobiles: Precision over Production
- Indiana Bicentennial: Voices from the Past - Voices for the Future
- Indiana Conference on Citizenship
- Indiana Festival of Faiths
- Indiana in 200 Objects
- Indiana in Song
- Indiana Latino Expo 2016
- Indiana Latino Heritage Days
- Indiana State Parks Centennial Launch: Countdown to 100
- Indiana State Police Yearbook
- Indiana's Sugar Cream Pie Competition
- Indiana Young Readers Center
- Indianapolis Chapter of Links, Inc.
- JA "Job Spark" K-12 Initiative
- Jonathan Jennings Chapter Annual Awards Luncheon
- Lewis Jewelers' Adult Coloring Contest
- Marian University Nina Mason Pulliam EcoLab: Bicentennial Nature Center Network
- Mary Bateman Clark Project
- Millions of Indiana Vital Records Become Available to Public
- Nature is Art
- OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini Marathon
- One State, One Story - Indiana Bicentennial
- Opening Night Gala: Celebrating Indiana's Bicentennial
- Peace Learning Center's 18th Annual Martin Luther King Community Festival
- Peacemakers
- Peoria & Eastern RR - Bicentennial Nature Trust
- Peoria & Eastern RR Corridor - Bicentennial Nature Trust
- "Picture Indiana" Indiana Photographic Society, "Through the Lens" Exhibition X
- Pioneer Founders of Indiana Book
- Preserving the Paul Hadley State Flag
- Promising Practices
- Remarkable Women of Indiana: the Business of Being Remarkable
- Restoration and Re-Dedication of the 1916 CSH DAR National Road Monument Indiana Statehouse
- Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health Oral History Project
- Rumblin' in the Land
- Spirit & Place Festival
- State of Indiana Fair Housing Conference
- Student Art Contest/Cooperative Calendar of Student Art 2016
- Super Service
- Sustainable Indiana 2016
- Sustainable Joy Featuring LaManda Joy from Peterson Garden Project
- The 50th Penrod Arts Fair
- The Economic Club of Indiana Celebrates Indiana's Bicentennial
- The Hoosier Connection
- The Immigrant Experience: German-Americans in Indiana
- The Indiana State Bar Association Courthouse Art Collection
- The Indianapolis Recorder: Celebrating Indiana's Bicentennial Through News
- The James Whitcomb Riley Home Poetry Series
- The Library Celebrates the Bicentennial
- Vietnam 50th Commemorative Gift - Indiana
- Voice Stage Story Vonnegut: Vonnegut's World, the Unexpected
- Waterman's Family Farm's Cooking with Corn Competition
- Welcoming Indianapolis Goes ALL-IN
Marion County
Marion County was created from part of the so-called “New Purchase” lands that had been obtained by the Treaty of St. Mary’s; the Lenape tribe had previously occupied the area. It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.
The state capital was moved to Indianapolis in Marion County from Corydon on January 10, 1825. This began a period of rapid growth in population.
About the courthouse: Allied Architects and Engineers completed the building in 1962.
Did you know?
The 100th Running of the 500 will coincide with Indiana’s Bicentennial in 2016.
Visit the Eiteljorg Museum’s Mihtohseenionki (The People’s Place) Gallery. This gallery was put together with Native American advisors and reflects indigenous art, history, and cultures of the Indiana region.
The Saturday Evening Post is published in Indianapolis.
David Letterman, host of television’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis and attended Broad Ripple High School.
In the summer of 1987 4,453 athletes from 38 nations gathered in Indianapolis for the Pan American Games.
Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created the Raggedy Ann doll in 1914.
The first long-distance auto race in the
U. S. was held May 30, 1911, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the site of the greatest spectacle in sports, the Indianapolis 500 — held every Memorial Day weekend in the Hoosier capital city.
America’s Pork & Beans since 1909. Indianapolis grocer Gilbert Van Camp discovered his customers enjoyed an old family recipe for pork and beans in tomato sauce. He opened up a canning company and Van Camp’s Pork and Beans became an American staple.
Sarah Walker, who called herself Madame C.J. Walker, became one of the nation’s first woman millionaires. In 1905, starting with door-to-door sales of her cosmetics, Madame C.J. Walker amassed a fortune.
In 1862, Richard Gatling, of Indianapolis, invented the rapid-fire machine gun.
County Historian:
David Vanderstel, dgvanderstel@sbcglobal.net
County Seat: Indianapolis
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 396.30
City-County Bldg
200 E Washington St
Indianapolis, IN 46204-3307
Phone: (317)236-3200
Website: http://www.indygov.org/
* City-County Consolidation: consolidated with the City of Indianapolis in 1969
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County Populations |
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2010 |
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762,067 |
797,159 |
860,454 |
903,393 |
