Bowling Green/Warren County Bicentennial Time Capsule
N 36° 59.565 W 086° 26.578
16S E 549567 N 4094213
Celebrates the Bicentennial of Bowling Green.
Waymark Code: WM8DZ7
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2010
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Bowling Green-Warren County
Bicentennial 1797-1997
Bicentennial Time Capsule placed in the lawn of the Warren County Courthouse on March 7, 1998
To be opened March 7, 2098 by the Governments of Bowling Green & Warren County
Warren County, the 24th county formed in Kentucky, was established in 1797 and named in honor of Dr Joseph Warren, a hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Bowling green, the county seat, was founded in 1798 on 40 acres donated by Robert Moore, the city was likely named in honor of Bowling Green Square in New York City, where patriots ulled down and converted to bullets a statue of King George III.
Subject: City
Commemoration: Bicentennial
Date of Founding: 1797
Date of Commemoration: 1997
Address:
Courthouse Square
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: Not listed
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