Iowa towns photo collage
Sons of the American Revolution is collecting a photograph of every Iowa city and town for a combined collage of all 934 in Iowa. Do you have a great photo from an Iowa town to contribute? Send it to MJR1825@gmail.com.
Iowa History March Madness
Through April 9: Iowa History March Madness (online event)
Celebrate Iowa History Month with a bracket featuring 32 revolutionary Iowans who shaped our state before 1920, selected by the State Historical Society of Iowa. Fill out your bracket, vote each round and help crown the winner. Learn more at history.iowa.gov.
250 Stops in 250 Days along Iowa’s Lincoln Highway
Until Sept. 5: 250 Stops in 250 Days along Iowa’s Lincoln Highway (online event)
The Lincoln Highway was America’s first planned, improved and promoted transcontinental automobile route. Over 250 days, the Facebook page Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway will highlight a different stop daily, from monuments and museums to restaurants and roadside markers, on the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, a designated National Scenic Byway that crosses Iowa roughly along the route of present-day U.S. 30.
250th anniversary of the United States trailer display
Through July 31: 250th anniversary of the United States trailer display, Wilson Trailer Co., 4400 S Lewis Blvd., Sioux City
Wilson Trailer has created a custom vinyl-wrapped grain trailer featuring the American flag. The trailer is displayed on the roadside. Throughout the year, it will travel across the United States and be showcased at various farm shows.
Easter Egg Hunt
April 4: Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m., Decatur County Courthouse, 200 N. Main Street, Leon
Celebrate spring with the annual Easter Egg Hunt uptown on the courthouse law, a Leon tradition.
Iowa’s Underground Railroad connections
April 11: Iowa’s Underground Railroad Connections with Barry Jurgensen. 1:30 p.m., Hitchcock Nature Center, 27792 Ski Hill Loop, Honey Creek
National Park Service historian Barry Jurgensen explores Iowa’s Underground Railroad connections, highlighting conductors, safe houses, and powerful stories of freedom.
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: What to know about America 250 events coming up in Iowa
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