Town of Aurora 200

Town of Aurora 200 This page was dedicated to the Town of Aurora's bicentennial celebration in 2018-2019. This page is no longer active and is not being updated.

It remains on Facebook for historical purposes. For information about town services, visit www.townofaurora.com. On April 15, 1818, New York State adopted legislation creating the Towns of Aurora, Holland, and Wales, effective March 1 of the following year. The three towns celebrated the 200th anniversary between April 15, 2018 and March 2019, with a year of bicentennial-themed events and programs

. Local civic groups, businesses and churches were encouraged to hop on the "bicentennial bandwagon." This page is being maintained for historical purposes and is not being updated as of 2021. For questions about town services, visit www.townofaurora.com.

07/16/2021

This page was dedicated to the Town of Aurora's bicentennial celebration in 2018-2019. Please note that this page is no longer active and is not being updated. It remains on Facebook for historical purposes. For updated information about town services, visit www.townofaurora.com.

04/23/2019

Now is your chance to own a piece of history! The Bicentennial Banners that have hung along Main Street for the past year are available for purchase via the Aurora Historical Society. Banners are $20 each, and proceeds of the sale will go to the Aurora Historical Society and their mission to help preserve our local heritage.
Click on the image below for further details! Please comment with ay questions, or send us a message!

03/02/2019

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Letters to the Future time capsule. All the letters were vacuum sealed today and will be opened on April 15, 2068, the 250th anniversary of the town's charter. Today's ceremony officially concluded the Town of Aurora's yearlong bicentennial commemoration. Thank you for a great year! (Photo courtesy of the Aurora Historical Society).

200 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE TOWN OF AURORA WAS BORN. By Act of the New York State Legislature, the Town of Willink was divi...
03/01/2019

200 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE TOWN OF AURORA WAS BORN. By Act of the New York State Legislature, the Town of Willink was divided into the Towns of Aurora, Holland and Wales, effective March 1, 1819. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

02/28/2019

IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE! Just a reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to submit your letter to the future. Don't miss YOUR chance to be part of history! The letters will be sealed up during a ceremony at the Town of Aurora Public Library at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 2. Please join us. The letters will be opened in the year 2068! Visit http://www.townofaurora.com/departments/bicentennial for details about the project and how you can take part.

02/23/2019

Check out this week's issue of the East Aurora Advertiser; the newspaper staff ponders life in the year 2068, when Aurorans will open the "Letters to the Future" we are writing to them today. Have you written your letter yet? Don't miss YOUR chance to be part of history! The deadline is Friday, March 1, at noon, and the letters will be sealed up during a ceremony at the Town of Aurora Public Library at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 2. Visit http://www.townofaurora.com/departments/bicentennial for details about the project and how you can take part.

02/22/2019

HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR LETTER YET? We will seal up the bicentennial "Letters to the Future" time capsule in just over a week. Letters are arriving each day, but don't miss YOUR chance to be part of history! The deadline is Friday, March 1, at noon, and the letters will be sealed up during a ceremony at the Town of Aurora Public Library at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 2. Visit http://www.townofaurora.com/departments/bicentennial for details about the project and how you can take part.

02/14/2019

Students at Immaculate Conception School were given a history lesson to get them thinking about the future. Last week, as they learned about how their school first began, they were also invited to participate with the Town of Aurora time capsule project. The town, to close out its Bicentennial celeb...

Does the snowstorm have you stuck in the house and looking for something to do? How about writing a letter to the future...
01/31/2019

Does the snowstorm have you stuck in the house and looking for something to do? How about writing a letter to the future? We are excited to announce this unique time capsule project to celebrate the conclusion of the Town of Aurora’s year-long bicentennial. We invite you to take out a piece of paper and write a letter to your counterpart 50 years into the future. The president of a civic organization could write to the future president of that civic organization; a family could write to the future owners of their home; a business owner could write to the future owner of their business or building; or a Scout troop could write to the future members of the Scout troop. The letters will be sealed inside a time capsule box during a ceremony at the Aurora Town Public Library, at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 2. When the new town and village municipal center on Oakwood Avenue opens, the box will be put on display in the building, with instructions that it be unsealed and the letters delivered on April 15, 2068, as part of the Town of Aurora’s 250th anniversary commemoration. Everyone is welcome to participate, and it's easy! Visit the Town of Aurora's Bicentennial website to see how you can take part: www.townofaurora.com/departments/bicentennial

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