200 years ago a little town in southern Illinois called Greenville came to be. This year Greenville is celebrating its bicentennial. Labor Day weekend was the main event so I made sure to take part in as much fun as possible! Despite the 95 degree heat, I managed to take in the attractions up on the square, a parade, concert and fireworks.
It amazes me that just a little farther east of Nebraska, how much longer the area has been established. Greenville became a dot on the map more than 50 years before my hometown of Ashland. Nebraska’s oldest town, Bellevue was settled in the 1830’s, but not incorporated until 1855. {Thank you Wikipedia for the facts} There is so much history here that was interesting to hear and read about this weekend.
A little history of Greenville…basically Greenville started after many early settlers moved east when an epidemic of milk sickness struck in the neighboring county. Greenville College was founded in 1855 as Almira College, a Baptist college for women. In 1892 it became Greenville College.
Now for the fun part of the bicentennial celebration…
Enjoying the bicentennial parade…
The Budweiser Clydesdales even made a stop in Greenville for the big parade. Interesting fact…Bond County (where Greenville is located) was a dry county until just a few years ago (or so I’m told…Wikipedia neither confirmed nor denied that information and I couldn’t find an exact date). It seemed a little ironic that Budweiser was a major sponsor of the entire event!
On Saturday afternoon Marissa and I checked out the attractions uptown on the square. The lemonade shake-ups were full of sugary wonderfulness and we even got a chance to be our nutty selves and take a picture in front of the NUTmobile…if only Mr. Peanut himself would have been there!
Sunday night concluded with a concert by the Little River Band and fireworks. And ice cream. Of course there was ice cream!
Fall is in full swing in this household. Greenville had their first football game and we’ve been having players over for dinner. We have a full house this weekend with two set of visitors and I can’t wait!! Now, if I could just get my fall decorations out!
Until then…
{The Launes}
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