This Month Rockville's 150, So Celebrate! [UPDATED]
Mar 2, 2010 6:15 - 3 Comments
Posted by: Cindy Cotte Griffiths
Department: Events In Rockville,News
Tags: 150th anniversary, by Cindy Cotte Griffiths
Department: Events In Rockville,News
Tags: 150th anniversary, by Cindy Cotte Griffiths
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As you might have heard, the City of Rockville turns 150 years old this month. Since the City was incorporated on March 10, 1860, the occasion will be officially commemorated on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
At 12 noon the Rockville Sister City corporation will join the Mayor of Pinnenberg, Germany, Kristin Alheit, for a very special Rose Presentation at the Glenview Mansion gardens. She will give the Mayor, Council and residents of Rockville a newly developed Rockville Rose. A reception will follow the presentation.
Then at 6:30 PM the Rockville Jazz Band will light up Rockville Town Square followed by a formal ceremony and then anniversary cake. With any luck, we won’t have any snow. If you see me, be sure to say “Hi!”.
Update: Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown will be issuing a proclamation to the City. Also, The Finest! Youth Performance Troupe will be joining the Rockville Jazz Band during the opening entertainment.
When you are in Town Square, think about going to Noodles and Company for dinner. The first 150 people to visit after 4:30 PM will get a coupon for a free dish on their next visit.
Other special events after March 10th:
If you have a bike, join the Millennium Trail Bike Ride on Saturday, March 13 at 10 AM at Glenview Mansion. The ride will go through 10.6 miles of Rockville and loop back to the Mansion. My family is planning on joining the fun. The ride is cancelled if there is rain or snow! The City encourages everyone to ride 150 miles in 2010 for good health.
As she mentioned at the Inauguration, Eileen McGuckian, founder of Peerless Rockville, will be lecturing on Rockville’s history on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 7 PM. Her The Sesquicentennial of Rockville, Local Government at 150 Years will be released on this fine occasion at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. She’ll speak about important milestones in Rockville’s history, including Rockville at 50 years old, the Centennial in 1960, and Rockville today.
If you’re part of a community organization which would like to design and paint a fire hydrant around Rockville Town Center for the occasion, the Fire Hydrant Art Project application is due March 24, 2010 and the painting would need to occur in April. Organizations will need to supply the ideas, bright paint colors and volunteers. There will be 20 lucky winners.
Find something you’ll enjoy for our Sesquicentennial celebration.
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Thanks Cindy!! To the high school seniors of Rockville, are you planning on painting a fire hydrant? That would be awesome if you could paint the one closest to your schools!!
Dear Cindy,VisArts at Rockville will be all lit up with doors wide open this evening from 6 to 8 as well! Resident artists will be on hand with special gifts and discounts good through tomorrow. The first fifteen visitors to my studio will receive a special artsy pack of notecards and all visitors will receive 10% off purchases.It is also Rockville’s first chance to meet our new resident artists from the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild who are coming to fill studio space on the artists’ concourse next month. They will call their studio Fiber Art Studio @ VisArts, and many will be on hand this evening to meet the public.Happy 150th, Rockville!!!
Judith, what terrific plans from VisArts! I will be sure to visit with my family. I’m so glad the fiber artists are official! I’ve met one and can’t wait to meet the others.We should also note that the rain location for the 150th ceremony is VisArts, though it’s only supposed to be cloudy today.