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By The Examiner staff
Missouri’s bicentennial is coming up on Aug. 10, and citizens have various ways they can get involved to mark the day or commemorate the year. Some completed projects have includes efforts from around the state.
Events around Missouri include:
• Ice cream socials: “We are trying to get ice cream socials happening across the state,” said Michael Sweeney, bicentennial coordinator with the State Historical Society of Missouri.
The gatherings, however large or small, ideally would happen the afternoon Aug. 10, though Sweeney said a few counties have still not registered an official event.
In Jackson County, ice cream socials are scheduled for the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence (11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.), the Lee’s Summit History Museum in downtown (5 to 8 p.m.), Hawthorn Bank in Lee’s Summit (for bank customers, 11:30 a.m.), the Gillingham-Lewis Museum in Blue Springs (5 to 8 p.m.) and the Independence Chamber of