Maumee kicks off Semiquincentennial anniversary celebration

Maumee kicks off Semiquincentennial anniversary celebration

Maumee kicked off the city’s year-long celebration of America 250 by calling on area residents to share their local history stories. “Really, it is just ...

Film screening kicks off yearlong celebration of America’s semiquincentennial

America250@SJU held its inaugural event Feb. 4 in the Forum Theater with a screening of the film “High Noon.” The event kicked off a yearlong celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia July 4, 1776.  Released in 1952, “High Noon” was written by screenwriter Carl Foreman and stars Gary Cooper as Will Kane, a marshal in a small town in the New Mexico territor…