ADRIAN — City commissioner Mary Roberts provided an update on plans for Adrian’s bicentennial celebration at the Jan. 21 commission meeting.

The celebration will take place this summer, from Thursday through Sunday, July 3-6.

On Thursday night, Roberts said, there will be an ice cream social at the farmers market pavilion downtown. The Adrian City Band and Lenawee Community Chorus will perform period historically appropriate music, and the Adrian Noon Rotary Club will provide volunteers to serve the ice cream.

Friday will include Civitan’s Independence Day parade along with several historical activities. Among those activities will be a program on Adrian’s Hispanic heritage, a presentation from Adrian’s sister city in Japan, and the unearthing of a time capsule that was buried at the city’s sesquicentennial. 

Saturday will kick off with a 5K run and walk beginning at Trestle Park. The Walker Wheels, a vintage baseball team, will present a baseball game played by 1860s rules at Island Park at noon. Then in the afternoon and evening, people will be encouraged to visit the campus of PlaneWave Instruments on the north side of town for the River Raisin Ragtime Revue’s Ragtime Extravaganza. This event will include the premiere of a new ragtime piece that the ensemble has commissioned to mark the occasion.

Fireworks are planned for both Friday and Saturday.

Sunday’s activities will include a community picnic at Comstock Park as well as the burial of a new time capsule.

Throughout the weekend, a variety of tours of historic sites will be offered.  

Roberts noted that events are still being added to the list. 

Sponsors are being sought. Anyone interested in sponsorships or other information can email Roberts at [email protected].