If in your travels you ever have the chance to go to a small town sesquicentennial – do it! little Indiana had just such an opportunity when Remington, Indiana’s sesquicentennial celebration rolled around  – and what a fun time that was!

Remington had a giant parade – complete with the Purdue Boilermaker and Miss Indiana! There were plenty of antique cars and tractors. The kid enjoyed all the candy-throwing floats! Well, that and the assortment of antique fire trucks.

Besides the parade, you could also tour the Remington Water Tower. I’ve never been inside of one of those before! The detail on old buildings like this is just incredible. There was an old tin roof and plenty of pizzazz on the ceiling of a back section of the water tower. Very cool. Why don’t they make them like they used to?

They also had a lot of antique pieces on display on tables scattered around the inside of the Remington Water Tower – with a whole back room of town history! It was neat to see the photos of the town from back in the day, the vintage class pictures, and other interesting old high school memorabilia.

There were, of course, plenty of food booths and flea market type vendors. Did we eat? Does a zebra have stripes? Um, yes! We ate inside one of the church basements: pork chop sandwiches – is there anything better than church lady food? Probably not.

Remington, Indiana had a slew of planned children’s activities. Kid #1 was definitely kept busy! They had a humongous bouncy obstacle course with a huge slide and a smaller (but still generous)-sized bouncy house. They were free, too! Why, yes, I did run through the obstacle course a few times, too. It was fun!

Carnival-type games surrounded the bouncy castles. They seriously had an incredible selection of fun little skill games: bowling, fishing, and many version of toss. Little ones earned tickets which would be used to get yourself a prize! Did I mention that this was also free?

It was a wonderful (and cheap) way to spend the day. Just another plea to support your small town – and the mom and pop businesses! We had a great time at the Remington, Indiana Sesquicentennial and you can bet that we will be on the lookout for other small town celebrations in the years to come!

Why not be a part of history and support a small town all at the same time? Just seeing Remington, Indiana busy and bustling and all decked out was fun enough!

As always, I have oodles of Remington, Indiana Sesquicentennial photos on Flickr. Feel free to check them out!

Remington, Indiana in Jasper County, Indiana

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