PLYMOUTH — Mike Miley, President of the Marshall County Historical Society, and Nelson Chipman for the America 250 celebration committee came before the Marshall County Commissioners to seek permission for a celebration commemorating Paul Revere’s famous ride on April 18 of 1775.
The committee is seeking to hold a ceremony on the Marshall County Courthouse lawn on April 18 of this year to celebrate that moment in history. The Culver Academy Black Horse Troop will participate in the ceremony that will see the lighting of two lamps in the courthouse tower to commemorate the signal sent to warn of the Continental Army of British troops on the move.
The ceremony will take place at 8:30 p.m. on April 18 on the courthouse lawn. The committee had already secured the help of the city of Plymouth in blocking off the four surrounding streets on the Court House block for the event.
The America250 initiative is leading the nationwide commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence that will be held next July 4. Miley and Chipman told the Commissioners the local committee had other events planned during the coming year as part of that celebration.
