Endorsed Projects
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Mats for the Homeless
Koinonia
Koinonia looms mats for the homeless from plastic grocery bags. Each mat is 6’x3’ and is loomed so tightly it is waterproof. Each mat takes 900 plastic bags to complete. We have completed 30 mats and each one takes approximately 30 hours to loom. In honor of the Bicentennial, the mats will be patriotic mats in red, white and blue and presented to the DAR & the Brownsburg American Legion.
Club 512 50-Year Time Capsule
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
Club 512 (the teen club at the Avon library) will develop a time capsule to tell teens in 2074 (50 years from the Bicentennial) what it was like to be a teen in 2024. The items will be ones which are important to the teens and help to tell the story of their lives today. The time capsule will be stored at the library with instructions to open it to the public in 2074.
Avon-Washington Township History
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
The Avon-Washington Township Public Library is developing a history of the Township and the town of Avon which will be available at Celebrating Avon on September 28. Written Huron Heritage Room staff, the books will be sold for a $1.00 per history to cover the printing costs. The histories will be available on demand at the library after September 28.
Happy Farmers Bicentennial T-Shirts
Happy Farmers 4-H Club
Students in the Happy Farmers Club will don t-shirts at the 2024 County Fair with a variation of the Bicentennial Logo that say “Happy Farmers”.
HCATMA Bicentennial Parade Float
Hendricks County Antique Tractor and Machinery Association
The 2024 float theme is Hendricks County Bicentennial which includes a large birthday cake, a train trestle, airport, courthouse, plus more. The sign that above the float will include the Bicentennial Logo.
Amo Interurban History Museum
Town of Amo
The Town of Amo and the Interurban History Museum Committee is in the process of converting part of the Interurban building into a History Museum.
Hendricks County Bicentennial Memories Collection
Plainfield Public Library
The Indiana Room at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library will collect memories online from Hendricks County residents and use them to create a printed book, forming the Hendricks County Bicentennial Memories Collection. Copies will be available in the circulating collection as well as other county libraries.
Museum Documentary
Cascade Middle School
The 8th-grade honors social studies class of Cascade Middle School has partnered with the Hendricks County Historical Museum to create a documentary highlighting unique artifacts in the museum. On Wednesday, March 13th at 6:00 p.m. this documentary will be shown free of charge at the Danville Royal Theater. Directly following the movie the Hendricks Historical County Museum will be opened for the public to see the artifacts shown in the film.
Hendricks County History Book
Reann Poray
Poray, manager of the local history department at the Plainfield Public Library as well as the editor for an updated Hendricks County History, will focus on post WWII to present day in creating an updated county history book. Every community will be included as well as numerous authors involved. The book will be published and available at public libraries and for purchase.
Hendricks County Bicentennial Kickoff Video
Visit Hendricks County & Nate Crouch Photography
Visit Hendricks County partnered with local photographer/videographer Nate Crouch to compile a history of the county to create excitement and inspiration for the county’s Bicentennial. See the video
Hendricks County Bar Association Photo
Hendricks County Bar Association
A group photograph of current members of the Hendricks County Bar Association will be taken on the north steps of the Courthouse or in the Courthouse rotunda to document the association members during the county’s Bicentennial year.
Wood Carving
Karl Nantz
A wood carving that features the bicentennial logo in the middle made on a 11.25" by 1' 7'' oak board.
Headstone/Funeral Home History
Eric MD Bell Funeral Home
The funeral home will place a headstone on the unmarked grave of their first client, buried in Lizton. In addition, a history of the Eric MD Bell Funeral Home, operating since 1859, is currently being completed.
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