2014
| Planning | Program of Events | Promotion | Fundraisers | Supporters |
RESEARCH
BELOW: This image shows the artwork that the Steering Committee submitted to the U.S. Postal Service, as part of the application process. Note the phrase "Darrtown Bicentennial Station."
BELOW: This image shows the recreational vehicle that served as the Darrtown Bicentennial Station on Saturday, July 5, 2014. The RV was loaned to the Bicentennial by the Tom Raper RV Center of Fairfield, Ohio.
Two postal employees from the Oxford, Ohio post office enjoyed the air-conditioned facility, as they stamped mail items for Bicentennial visitors.
More information about the commemorative postcard packets is available at: Bicentennial / Promotion / Souveniers
RIGHT: Darrtown native Roger Wiley stands beside the display of commemorative post cards that Bicentennial attendees could purchase in the Souvenir Center.
People who had mail items stamped with the Darrtown postmark:
RIGHT: Terry Genton
FAR RIGHT: Susan (Clark) Srivastaus and two P.O. workers
BELOW: Paul Gillespie
BELOW RIGHT: Fay (Dees) O'Brien
Organizers of the Bicentennial wanted to commemorate the Darrtown P.O. and research revealed that the U.S. Postal Service has a procedure for creating "pictorial postmarks" for special occasions.
Betty Daniels, Steering Committee member, agreed to coordinate an event at the Bicentennial that would include (1) designing a commemorative stamp and (2) providing a one-day opportunity to have mail items stamped with the Darrtown Bicentennial postmark. Arrangements were made with the local post office in Oxford, Ohio (45056) to have two of its employees in E-Dot Park on Saturday, July 5, 2014, to apply the Darrtown postmark.
Betty also arranged for the printing and sale of four sets of postcards that featured historic Darrtown images. The post card packages were sold as souvenirs in the Bicentennial Welcome Center.
