Posey County - USA 250th

Posey County - USA 250th Celebrating the USA Semiquincentennial

The water tower is getting its new logo! We are getting ready to paint Mount Vernon red, white and blue from June 1 to J...
04/20/2026

The water tower is getting its new logo! We are getting ready to paint Mount Vernon red, white and blue from June 1 to July 9!
Happy 250th USA! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Photo by Steve Curtis

Just a heads up. Details coming soon!
04/15/2026

Just a heads up. Details coming soon!

Posey County Historical Society Our March meeting will be tomorrow (March 28) at the Alexandrian Public Library at 10 am...
03/27/2026

Posey County Historical Society

Our March meeting will be tomorrow (March 28) at the Alexandrian Public Library at 10 am.
Our program is the upcoming USA 250th Celebration in July. If you are interested in planning and/or helping, please attend. You don't need to be a Society member to be involved.
Let's get this big celebration started up, and hope to see everyone there!

Greetings, with the USA's 250th birthday approaching in approximately 100 days, the Posey County Historical Society will...
03/24/2026

Greetings, with the USA's 250th birthday approaching in approximately 100 days, the Posey County Historical Society will host a meeting at the Alexandrian Public Library's Ohio Room. The meeting will start at 10 am. this Saturday, March 28th, with the program being the USA 250th Celebration. We need people to help put on events especially on July 8 when at the same time around the nation will be reading the Declaration of Independence at the same time. We are planning an ice cream social with the next day being our County namesake, Thomas Posey's birthday (he will be 276 years old in case your are wondering!!)
If any group or individual would like to help or have a great idea on how to celebrate, please try to make this meeting. The next celebration will be in 2076!!!

☆☆☆ MEETING ☆☆☆
Alexandrian Public Library
March 28 at 10 am

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2026 will be exciting time for the USA celebrating its 250th birthday. Stay tuned here for local celebrations for this ...
01/01/2026

2026 will be exciting time for the USA celebrating its 250th birthday. Stay tuned here for local celebrations for this big event soon!
Happy New Year!

Great idea!
10/18/2025

Great idea!

We are pleased to announce the list of participants who adopted a fire hydrant in our Summer art contest. Their designs ...
09/14/2025

We are pleased to announce the list of participants who adopted a fire hydrant in our Summer art contest. Their designs have added pizzazz to our downtown, providing an excellent start to the USA Semiquincentennial for 2026.

Water & Main. Chuck Gray
2nd & Main. D.A R. Posey Chapter
3rd & Main. Stephanie Folz
4th & College. Jill Isaac / Caitlin Ries
4th & Main. MV Garden Club
5th & Main. Chuck Gray
6th & Main. 🏆 Jill Isaac / Caitlin Ries
7th & Main. Heritage Girls
9th & Main. Barry Tanner
10 & Main. Tammy Loehr
Brown & Main. Children's White House
Sherman & Main Leslie / Jackie Thomas
(⬆️This one came in 2nd 🥈)
Lincoln & Main. Andrea Dick

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

We have our winner! The very patriotic fire hydrant is located at 6th and Main Streets. The artists are Jill Bippus Isa...
09/13/2025

We have our winner! The very patriotic fire hydrant is located at 6th and Main Streets. The artists are Jill Bippus Isaac and Caitlin Ries.
Thanks to the artists who did a great job painting the hydrants and in the heat! Thanks to everyone who voted and commented on the fire hydrant entries. This Semiquincentennial project brighten Main Street and will continue to for the USA celebration next year.
And a thank you to the Posey County Historical Society for being the prize money sponsor.

Tonight the winner of the Mount Vernon Susquintcennial Fire Hydrant Art Contest will be announced. If you are attending...
09/12/2025

Tonight the winner of the Mount Vernon Susquintcennial Fire Hydrant Art Contest will be announced. If you are attending River Days this evening, at 7 at the amphitheater (right after the patriotic vendor booth winner is revealed) you will be the first to know who won the art contest.
Hope everyone enjoyed the first event of the Posey County USA Semiquincentennial, with more to come.

Find out who won the $250 prize!

The Facebook polling for the Mount Vernon Fire Hydrant Art Contest is now over.The winner will be announced on Friday, S...
09/07/2025

The Facebook polling for the Mount Vernon Fire Hydrant Art Contest is now over.
The winner will be announced on Friday, September 12 during the Mt. Vernon River Days. The vendor booth decorating contest winners will be announced at 7. Right afterwards, the Fire Hydrant Art Contest winner will be revealed.

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