PARIS – A parade, live music, history exhibits and militia drills all will be part of an event-packed weekend planned for the Oxford County bicentennial celebration.
“I think there’s lots of anticipation,” said Larry Glatz, coordinator for the Oxford County Bicentennial Celebration Committee, on Wednesday.
Glatz said the weekend’s events and several preceding activities took more than two years to coordinate and required the help of numerous volunteers. The hard work is paying off, however. The bicentennial committee has managed to bring together a lineup that will include talks on local history, wagon rides and even tours of the historic King’s Hill Inn.
The celebration kicks off Friday with a series of historical exhibits and talks. Revolutionary War re-enactors also will set up camp for the weekend at the Green on Paris Hill.
Saturday begins with historical exhibits, an “Ask the Expert” session at the Albion K. Paris law office in Paris Hill village from 9 to 10:30 a.m., and a procession of horseback riders and county officials who will carry copies of the county charter and other historic documents from the Oxford County Courthouse to Paris Hill beginning at 10 a.m.
A parade will make its way up Paris Hill at 10:45 a.m., followed by live music at the Paris Hill Academy, then demonstrations by the Colonial re-enactors.
Lectures and talks will be held in the afternoon at the First Baptist Church of Paris. There also will be a militia drill and canon salute.
On Sunday, the Colonial re-enactors will continue their encampment and hold a series of events.
For more information, people may contact Cynthia Burmeister at 743-8323, or Larry Glatz at 583-4549. Some basic information also is available at www.bethelhistorical.org.
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