How Do You Celebrate a County's Centennial?

In this Local History Spotlight, Jarold Ramsey highlights the Jefferson County centennial, a celebration that took place in the summer of 2014. Rather than planning a one-stop festival at a central location, the ad hoc commemoration committee devised a four-skit mobile “Centennial Road Show” that stopped at local festivals throughout the summer. The skits were performed by a local theater troupe called the Centennial Players and included scenes from historic events in the county. Ramsey writes, “the Road Show, itself, contributed something to [the] process of historical self-identification. and we are glad to recommend the project to any other county pondering what to do about celebrating its own centennial.”