{"id":66512,"date":"2016-03-22T14:33:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T18:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66512"},"modified":"2016-03-22T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T18:32:21","slug":"village-of-madison-bicentennial-kicks-off-april-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=66512","title":{"rendered":"Village of Madison bicentennial kicks off April 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cOur Home Town\u201d the Theme for Community &amp; School Events<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66513\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=66513\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66513\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Photo taken from https:\/\/www.madisoncounty.ny.gov\/historian\/archival-records\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-900x612.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/madisonvillage1875-400x272.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from https:\/\/www.madisoncounty.ny.gov\/historian\/archival-records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(Madison &#8211; UPDATED 032216 2:32 P.M.) The village of Madison bicentennial will kick off its calendar\u00a0of events April 17, the actual birthday of the incorporated village, at Madison Central\u00a0School. The village\u2019s birthday party will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Student projects\u00a0and artwork will be on display<!--more--> for public viewing. MCS drama students dressed in period attire\u00a0will be on hand to guide visitors, and there will be special guests, music and, of course, cake.<\/p>\n<p>The village\u2019s birthday party will open at 1 p.m. with messages from Mayor\u00a0Barbara Clark and Assemblyman Bill Magee. The MCS select chorus will sing a selection of patriotic songs, including the National Anthem. The birthday party will conclude with the\u00a0singing of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d by the select chorus, and birthday cake and cupcakes will be served\u00a0until gone.<\/p>\n<p>During the celebration, there will be two bus tours leaving from the school that will visit historical\u00a0homes, businesses and churches in the village. Period actors will narrate the tours, which will\u00a0depart from the school at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and take approximately an hour-and-a-half.<\/p>\n<p>Bicentennial events will continue throughout May &#8211; stay tuned for more details. The bicentennial\u00a0committee continues to invite local businesses and individuals to participate in the bicentennial celebration. Anyone interested in participating, entering a float in the parade, or donating time\u00a0and materials should contact Clark at 315.893.1894,\u00a0villageofmadison@yahoo.com or Madison Historian James Ford at jnford47@hotmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur Home Town\u201d the Theme for Community &amp; School Events (Madison &#8211; UPDATED 032216 2:32 P.M.) The village of Madison bicentennial will kick off its calendar\u00a0of events April 17, the actual birthday of the incorporated village, at Madison Central\u00a0School. The village\u2019s birthday party will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Student projects\u00a0and artwork will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22367,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-history","category-local","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}