Here's what everyone else is doing:
The city's bicentennial commission wants all of Greensboro's neighborhoods — well over 300 of them — to take part by staging their own celebrations. They'd be in addition to the citywide events already planned.
Events under consideration include cookouts, historical tours, block parties, historical picture exhibits, receptions, ecumenical services, a show-and-tell festival, ice cream socials, talent and sports competitions, and making scrapbooks, brochures and entrance banners.
Fisher Park plans tours of Green Hill Cemetery.
Lindley Park will hold a spring fling.
Glenwood wants to put on a multicultural festival.
College Hill plans to do a walking tour.
Warnersville wants to put on a community drama, a reunion and a mass choir concert. The Warnersville events, the largest to date for any neighborhood, will be the last weekend in April.
And here's what Aycock has planned:
Archaeological dig at Sternberger Park (where is that swimming pool?)
Civil War encampment at or near the Dunleith property
Living history tour (residents will dress up in costumes reflecting the period in which their homes were built)
Poster presentations of home histories (residents will research their home histories and display posters containing this history)
For more information, to offer suggestions, or to get involved with the above activities, please contact a Board member or email us at historicaycock@gmail.com.
