<p>More events and activities are filling into next year’s Longview 150 sesquicentennial celebration.</p>
The Longview Public Library is the likely resting place of a time capsule to be buried during the city’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2020.
Dressed in costumes depicting decades throughout Longview’s 150-year history, planners for the city’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2020 posed for photos Friday outside Central Fire Station.
Longview preservationists know the city’s sesquicentennial time capsule won’t be buried at the Gregg County Courthouse, but that’s where their certainties end.
Preparing a time capsule is more than simply putting a box in the ground.
The Longview Public Library is the first customer to buy a replica hot air balloon in preparation for the city’s sesquicentennial celebration next year.
The Great Texas Balloon Race has made hot air balloons iconic to Longview, and they could become permanent fixtures around town in more than just the skies.
<p>Committee members are meeting every third Wednesday leading up to the 2020 celebration of Longview’s founding.</p>
<p>HALLSVILLE – The city of Hallsville is gearing up for a big birthday celebration in 2019 as the home of the Bobcats is set to celebrate its 150th anniversary.</p>
Resource surveys, Longview’s sesquicentennial celebration and the idea of a cultural arts district will be discussed at a busy Historic Preservation Commission meeting today.