by Aurora Historical Society | Apr 21, 2024
Join us at the historic Tanner House Museum as we celebrate Independence Day as we put on an old-fashioned picnic complete with music, magic, a petting zoo, games, house tours, a blueberry-pie-eating contest, and at 1:00 pm, the Ringing of the Bells, first instituted...
by Aurora Historical Society | Jul 2, 2023 | Press Release, Special Events
Old-fashioned fun will be the theme of the annual Independence Day Picnic and Ringing of the Bells at the Aurora Historical Society’s Tanner House Museum on July 4 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Festivities will begin with music by singer-songwriter Bradley Keven Green and...
by Aurora Historical Society | May 21, 2023
Join us at the historic Tanner House Museum as we celebrate Independence Day as we put on an old-fashioned picnic complete with music, magic, a petting zoo, games, house tours, a blueberry-pie-eating contest, and at 1:00 pm, the Ringing of the Bells, first instituted...
by Aurora Historical Society | Jul 4, 2020 | Articles & Exhibits, Featured
By John Jaros According to the earliest histories, Aurora’s first 4th of July celebration was held in 1837, at a time that Aurora was little more than a hamlet. “The country people came in their ox carts and lumber wagons, and when assembled there were some three...
