On Monday, Fort Thomas residents officially celebrated the city’s 150th birthday with a seersucker bike ride, city-wide happy hour, cupcake decorating and eating contest, ice cream social, Highlands High School brass ensemble concert, Fort Thomas youth choir concert, and an InBocca Theater Production of “Pearl Bryan.” The youth choir concert, led by Mary Scaggs, has […]
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Fort Thomas Sesquicentennial – July 4 Activities
Happy Fourth of July! We’ve got a big day planned tomorrow. Here’s how you can participate Tuesday, July 4: The Tradition of the Fourth of July in the Fort Continues. 7:40 AM: YMCA Kids Run – forms are online and at YMCA8:15 AM: YMCA 5K Run10:00 AM: Proclamations Methodist Church10:30 AM: Parade Begins12:00 PM: Food/Retail Booths […]
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Fort Thomas Farm to Fort Dinner- IN PHOTOS
Earlier tonight, more than 200 of Fort Thomas’ finest citizens dressed in their finest white garb to kick off the Sesquicentennial Celebration in style, with a five-course meal at the Fort Thomas Farm to Fort Dinner. In addition to the meal, residents got an exclusive taste of the Knob Creek Bourbon uncorked specifically for […]
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Fort Thomas Sesquicentennial – Monday, July 3
Here’s what’s happening tomorrow: Monday, July 3: Birthday Party 5:00-7:00 PM: Seersucker Bike Ride Prepare your seersucker, linen, and other summer fashions and clean your bikes for a splendid and lazy bicycle ride planned through scenic Fort Thomas from Tower Park to Highlands High School. We will head out from Tower Park by the Mess […]
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Kentucky Symphony Orchestra’s Playlist During Fireworks
FTM file. The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra kicks off City of Fort Thomas’s sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration on Tuesday, July 4 at 8:00 p.m. in Tower Park. To celebrate the City’s birthday together with America’s Independence the KSO presents “Let Freedom Sing,”— a musical retrospective that offers historical insight into America’s military conflicts dating from 1776. […]
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A Call To All Veterans: Fort Thomas Wants To Honor You
Veterans Way (left) with the museum (right) in the background. FTM file. Sean Donelan, of Fort Thomas, is looking for veterans. Any and all to participate in activities for the city’s Sesquicentennial celebration. “Retired, active-duty, reserve, guard. Basically anyone who has worn the uniform,” he said. During the Fort Thomas 150 year celebration, there will be […]
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New Mural Being Painted In Fort Thomas
A rendering of what the new mural on the corner of Fort Thomas Ave. and Audubon. The City of Fort Thomas is receiving many gifts for its 150th birthday. The most recent? A colorful mural. The idea was born like so many sesquicentennial ideas have been born: The mural serves as yet another way to […]
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Pre-Sesquicentennial Checklist. Do This Now To Have Fun Later
FTM file. Things are heating up for the big 150th celebration this July. Here are a few things that you can do now to prior to the Sesquicentennial: Family Photo Cakewalk: Location – Mess Hall. Reserve a 3’ x 5’ space. Families, businesses, clubs, and churches can display their personal histories in Fort Thomas […]
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Virginia Hosea Francis, A Very Special Centenarian, Named One of Two Special Grand Marshals for the Sesquicentennial
Jinny with David and Marcia Hosea on her birthday. The Sesquicentennial is such a big deal that it needs two Grand Marshals. Meet the first one, Virginia Elle Schry Hosea Francis who prefers to called Jinny. She is the 101 year old mother of David Hosea. And is still as energetic and feisty as ever. […]
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Lifelong Fort Thomas Ambassadors Dick and Jackie Thompson Named One of Two Special Grand Marshals
Dick and Jackie Thompson. Dick and Jackie Thompson have been life long ambassadors for the city. They will be this year’s Grand Marshals for the Fort Thomas Independence Day parade. To give you an idea of what kind of people the Thompsons are, I asked them how they felt when they were found out that […]
