Columbia Station Homecoming Festival
Columbia Station, OH
June 28, 2007 - July 01, 2007
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Columbia Station Homecoming Festival (FREE EVENT)
Columbia Township Celebrates – Bicentennial
200 years of "Community"
The commemoration of our town's Bicentennial is the first in Lorain County. In 1786, after the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War, the State of Connecticut ceded to the new federal government of the United State those western lands which had been part of its original royal charter, retaining only a portion in present northeastern Ohio. Called the Western Reserve, Connecticut withheld this land as an incentive to their men who signed up to fight the British during the war. The reserve, stretching a 120 miles west from the Pennsylvania line, was bounded on the north by Lake Erie and on the south by the forty-first parallel.
In the spring of 1807, a group of men from Waterbury, Connecticut pooled their funds and formed the Waterbury Land Company in order to participate in a complicated lottery to purchase an entire township in the Western Reserve. On April 4, 1807, they drew, by lot, the future "Columbia Township" southwest of Cleveland. The complete history of Columbia can be viewed at "http://www.columbiahistoricalsociety.org/".
Join us on for the celebration of our Bicentennial June 28, 29, 30 & July 1, 2007.
June 28th -- Community Dinner at the Columbia Park from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM,
June 29th, June 30th -- Many exciting events
July 1st -- Parade @ 3:00 PM & Fireworks @ 10:15 PM
We want all celebrate this landmark event at the Columbia Homecoming Festival.
There will be a special tent set up to view a video of Columbia History, in addition to The Bronson House being open at specified times.
The Columbia Chamber of Commerce & The Homecoming Committee welcome all to enjoy a fun filled weekend.
View all the events planned for this weekend at "http://www.columbiahomecoming.com/".
| Columbia Station Homecoming Festival posted on Thursday May 31, 2007 |
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