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Sunday 27th April 2025
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Happy 200th Paris and Henry County!
9:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony:
•Proclamation and Presentation by City Mayor Kathy Ray.
Opening Ceremony:
•Proclamation and Presentation by City Mayor Kathy Ray.
•Revolutionary War Veterans Roll Call by David Webb for those who lived and died Henry County. Memorial stone to be placed at a future date.
Exhibits Open:
•Heritage Center exhibits for Bicentennial, Paris history, and Paris Military presence
•Heritage Center exhibits for Bicentennial, Paris history, and Paris Military presence
•Vendor booth selling Bicentennial merchandise
•City of Paris exhibit
•Birds Creek Baptist Church and Whitlock Community 202nd birthday
•Paris Academy of the Arts
Beard Contest:
•Live-streamed by Mike Weatherford Show
•Live-streamed by Mike Weatherford Show
• Prizes given for Longest Beard, Fan’s Choice, Best Decorated
Beard, Best Moustache, Fullest Beard, Best Goatee
Beard, Best Moustache, Fullest Beard, Best Goatee
12:00 p.m.
Exhibits Close
Arts Around the Square and food trucks available.
Exhibits Close
Arts Around the Square and food trucks available.
1:00 p.m.
Tales From the Crypt at the City Cemetery tours begin.
(Wear comfortable shoes as the ground is uneven in places.)
Presenters will give the history of 13 gravesites.
Donations of $5 will be appreciated.
Tales From the Crypt at the City Cemetery tours begin.
(Wear comfortable shoes as the ground is uneven in places.)
Presenters will give the history of 13 gravesites.
Donations of $5 will be appreciated.
3:00 p.m.
Bicentennial Events End
Bicentennial Events End
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