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Photos of Past Events

March
18
March
15-24
March 
23
April 
5
April 11-13
Underwear to Outerwear
with the Fowler Family
7:30 p.m.
in Community Library
Sponsored by Community Library Friends and
Big Walnut Area Historical Society

Photos

Moon Rocks
on Display
10-4
Saturday and Sunday 
in Sunbury Town Hall
March 22 in Community Library

Dick and Rick Helwig

Photos

Historic Marker Dedication
2 p.m.
 Sunbury
Square

2 Circuit Riders (one on horse, one walking), 
Sunbury Singers,
Refreshments in Town Hall
Sponsored by Village of Sunbury

Photos

Bicentennial Ham and Bean Dinner
4-8 
Saturday
in Harlem Grange Hall

$5 for adults
$2.50 for children

proceeds towards 
Harlem Township Bicentennial Book

Celebrate Ohio
with Sunbury Singers

Music by Ohio composers
Music about Ohio
TV Theme Songs

in Big Walnut High School

7:30 April 11, 12

2:30 April 13

Photos

April 28 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 17-18
Ohio: the Art of It All
7-8
Monday
in Community Library
slides of Ohio Artists with 
Joy Jung, docent of Columbus Museum of Art
sponsored by Community Library

 

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Crocks at Antique Shops

Civil War Reenactment
FOR DETAILS
Delaware County Bicentennial Celebration

Bell Casting 
in Delaware


Ohio Bicentennial Barn Memorabilia Collectors
2:00 p.m.  
Sunday, May 18   
Sunbury Town Hall

Ohio in the Civil War

 

Raffle Tickets 
$2 or 3 for $5
(Colt Navy Revolver, holster and belt
Quilt
Sunbury Crock

 

 

 

photos

Soldiers' Breakfast
Breakfast Lions

Soldier's School

Ladies' Tea
1:00 p.m.

sponsored by Searchlight

Battle of Sunbury
attack on Gaylord Home
4:30 Smith Park
Dealers Lumber
supplied home

Soldiers' Supper
VFW

Blue and Gray Ball
8 p.m.
in Harrison Street School
sponsored by Harlem Garden Club

Soldiers' Breakfast
VFW

Pickett's Charge
at Rufner Park

DATA Shuttle between Galena and Sunbury from 1-4

 

 

 

Buckeye
Trees
for Sale at Myers Inn

May 
20
May
23-24
May
29
June 
17
June 
16-19

Ohio Birthday Celebration 

7:30 p.m.
in
Community Library

slide presentation with Julie O'Keefe McGhee

sponsored by 
Big Walnut Area Historical Society

War of 1812 Exhibition

10-4 p.m.
in 
Town Hall

with Dick and Rick Helwig

Photos

 

Buckeye
Trees
for Sale at Myers Inn

Memorial Day Services and Parade

 

Photos

Medicine in the Last Century
 with Carl Godshall


7:30 p.m.
in Community Library

sponsored by
Community Library  and
Big Walnut Area Historical Society

Photos

Hanging 
Airplanes

to celebrate
Wright Brothers
Anniversary

in Community Library

provided by CORKS

 

Photos

June
28
June 
29
July
1st
July
4th
Wild Western Show Reenactment
and
Street Review Parade

4-8:30

The Sunbury News Photo

Sunbury Playground

Morrow Co. Chapter of Ohio Horsemen Council

photos

 

 

Ohio Heroes Historic Pageant
Coffee & Children's Craft
9 a.m.

Patriotic Music and Worship Service
 10 a.m.
with 
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

in
Sunbury Community Church

More Airplanes on display to Celebrate Wright Brothers
Anniversary

in Community Library

provided by CORKS

7:00-5:00 p.m.
 Flea Market on Sunbury Square
Vendor's Information 

9 a.m. 
Fourth Annual Memorial Volleyball 
Tournament - BW Middle School - 

Mark or Janet 965-1292 

10 a.m.
Parade
"200 Years of Ohio Patriotism"
Sunbury - Galena Rotary
Parade Entry Form


11 a.m. Co-Ed Recreational Volleyball
Tournament BW Middle School 

Mark or Janet 965-1292 

Photos

12 p.m.
  Fun Frolics (games for all ages) - Football Field 
sponsored by Golden Eagles 4-H Club

4 p.m. 
Pony Rides South of BWHS Football Field 
$2 per ride

7:00 p.m. DJ/Community Dance BWHS -
sponsored by Big Walnut Athletic Boosters

7-10 p.m. 
Fire Safety Smoke House BWHS lower
parking lot
- sponsored by BST&G

8:00 p.m. Community Chorus Concert 
BWHS Auditorium
FREE

10:00 p.m.
Community Fireworks at Football Field 
Coordinated by
Sunbury - Big Walnut Area Chamber 
July 
19
Every Month August
 9
August 
16
September
1
Come Fly with us-
"A Day at the Sticks"

11a.m.-4 p.m.
at CORKS
field just past Wyandot Golf Course
1 p.m. a flying demonstration

sponsored by CORKS and Community Library

photos

Historic Displays of Big Walnut Area
in Community Library
Community Ties
Walk, Run, Ride
Lunch on the Square
Bike Safety Rodeo for Children

Delaware County friend of the Trail
Sunbury - Galena Rotary
Delaware Rotary
2 Westerville Rotary Clubs

Photos

Bicentennial Pig Roast and Potluck
Dedication of Harlem Park

Fun begins at noon

Harlem Township Community Association and Harlem Township Trustees

 

Photos

Labor Day Ox Roast and Flea Market
Sunbury Lion's Club
September  October 
2

October 
5

  October
 5
Stone Age Man in the Ohio Country
in schools
Rick and Dick Helwig
Life in the Slow Lane
7-8 p.m.
with Jeff Traylor
Ohio's Backroad
Treasure
at Community Library

 

Cruise In
sponsored by Sunbury-Galena Rotary

on Sunbury Square

Heritage Day
sponsored by 
Big Walnut Area Historic Society

Displays
 Ice Cream
Music 
Soft Drinks

1-5 p.m.

at Myers Inn

Big Walnut Area's Hidden Treasures Auto Tour

1-5 p.m.

Maps at the Myers Inn

sponsored by Big Walnut Area Historic Society

at Myers Inn

October
5
  November
1
November
1 thru
December 27
November
22
Early Ohio Map Exhibition
Lou Schultz and Center of Ghost Towns in Ohio

in Myers Inn

crock1.jpg (252489 bytes) Tour of Industries sponsored by Sunbury Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce

9:30-12 noon
Photos

State of Eight
Traveling
Display of Ohio Presidents

in Community Library
spo
nsored by Community Library Friends

Wild West Potluck and Reunion
to review the year's events
2 p.m.
Town Hall in Sunbury
  November
29
     
Ohio Inventors
Thomas Edison, Wright Brothers
Rick and Dick Helwig

through the schools

 

NEW DATE
Bicentennial Barn Collectors
to review the year's events
2 p.m.
Town Hall in Sunbury
     
         
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(November 2003)