Grand Gala Marks Bicentennial Celebration Shelbyville Mayor Tom DeBaun addresses the crowd at the Bicentennial Gala held at Blessing’s Opera House on Saturday. | by ANNA TUNGATE The stories of Shelbyville’s and Shelby County’s 1922 centennial celebration are etched in local newspaper lore and history books. An estimated 25,000 attended. A “solid mass of at least 8,000 vehicles” were in the centerfield of the fairgrounds, papers said. It was the first Shelby County event to be promoted on radio.
Monday, October 3, 2022
Monday, October 3, 2022
Monday, October 3, 2022
Grand Gala Marks Bicentennial Celebration Shelbyville Mayor Tom DeBaun addresses the crowd at the Bicentennial Gala held at Blessing’s Opera House on Saturday. | by ANNA TUNGATE The stories of Shelbyville’s and Shelby County’s 1922 centennial celebration are etched in local newspaper lore and history books. An estimated 25,000 attended. A “solid mass of at least 8,000 vehicles” were in the centerfield of the fairgrounds, papers said. It was the first Shelby County event to be promoted on radio.