{"id":42751,"date":"2024-04-23T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=42751"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:54:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:54:40","slug":"planning-meeting-set-for-chester-county-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=42751","title":{"rendered":"Planning meeting set for Chester County 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19442\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19442\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19442\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2023-11-11-US-Rep-Chrissy-Houlahan-w-Randall-Spackman-Kent-Snell-Noah-Lewis-on-Vets-Day-ChesCo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Rep. Chrissy Houlahan with Randall Spackman, Kent Snell and Noah Lewis on Veterans Day in Chester County.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the nation\u2019s 250<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary fast approaching, it\u2019s time for Chester County organizations, neighborhoods, and individuals to get ready.<\/p>\n<p>CC250 will host a community planning summit on Friday, June 7 at Thornbury Farm in West Chester from 8:30 \u2013 12:30. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet local legislators and discuss how their organizations and groups can present interactive, inclusive, compelling experiences to commemorate and celebrate the 250<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, throughout 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The morning commences with an overview of Chester County\u2019s Heritage Themes related to CC250; and elected officials exchanging views on the importance of citizen engagement in safeguarding independence and freedom &#8212; in our nation\u2019s past, present, and future.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Attendees will be urged to share best practices and generate ideas regarding how their own organizations\u2019 programs and events can help people commemorate and celebrate the 250th. The aims are to help people encounter the many ways in which Chester County participated in and influenced our nation\u2019s founding; as well as elevate everyone\u2019s understanding of our continuing journey to build a more perfect union. CC250 is a crowdsourced year-long commemoration and celebration by and for We the People.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the Summit, all are welcome to tour Thornbury Farm, to discover the site\u2019s historic involvement in the Battle of Brandywine at our nation\u2019s founding; and unfinished business with the Underground Railroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CC250 Summit at Thornbury Farm will connect people who care about heritage, patriotism, civic engagement, liberty and justice for all,\u201d enthuses Michelle Kichline Esq., CC250 Chair. \u201cWorking together, we can maximize this unique opportunity to commemorate historic achievements, renew our commitment to democratic ideas, and inspire the American spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All are invited to attend. To register for this FREE event, contact CC250 at 610.696.8211, email <a href=\"mailto:cc***@******cf.org\" data-original-string=\"0w3PwyeWWqBWdyhojzddVw==750x7PyUXGFZO3zP4F2\/izGjKaS8S5G2DOHKqwGNh1AVss=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='koMwtCT9pdsdczU6eG5YxA==750iq53d9m1q1h7YACDbiJXXEOaXmDOq5A8nr88onByJWQ='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>cc<span class=\"apbct-blur\">***<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">******<\/span>cf.org<\/span><\/a> or click on <a href=\"https:\/\/chester.fcsuite.com\/erp\/donate\/list\/event?event_date_id=2223\">https:\/\/chester.fcsuite.com\/erp\/donate\/list\/event?event_date_id=2223<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary fast approaching, it\u2019s time for Chester County organizations, neighborhoods, and individuals to get ready. CC250 will host a community planning summit on Friday, June 7 at Thornbury Farm in West Chester from 8:30 \u2013 12:30. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet local legislators and discuss how their organizations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[15,292,14687,14686],"class_list":["post-42751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-chester-county","tag-events","tag-planning-meeting","tag-usa-250th"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42752,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42751\/revisions\/42752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}