ENDORSEMENT PROGRAM
The Missouri Bicentennial provides an occasion for celebrating and exploring the rich history and culture of the State. Through the Endorsement Program, Missouri 2021 offers an official endorsement to local communities, non-profit organizations, and government agencies for projects, programs, and events that align with the Missouri 2021 mission and vision occurring between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021. Endorsement includes permission to use the Missouri 2021 logos according to established guidelines and promotion on the Missouri 2021 website and social media platforms.
ENDORSED PROJECTS AND EVENTS
Here you will find projects, programs, and events endorsed by Missouri 2021l. Scroll through to see various opportunities for exploring the history, life,and culture of Missouri.
Storytelling: Past, Present. & Future
Competition , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local Event , Statewide Event , WritingClinton Main Street Bicentennial Birthday Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventAlbany Rhythm and Roots
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventCanton Jack & Jill Twisted Cat Tournament
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Regional/Local EventCanton Civil War Living History
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Lecture , Military , Performance , Regional/Local EventOzark Oktoberfest on the Square 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventBicentennial Reenactment of the First Missouri Train Robbery
Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Performance , Regional/Local EventCarthage Route 66 Festival
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventCarthage Independence Day Spectacular
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventUCM Over There: Missouri and the Great War Exhibit
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Regional/Local EventOld Town Cape Bicentennial Weekend Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventUCM Historic Campus Tour and Ghost Buildings of the Great Fire
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event , TourHistoric Glasgow Missouri Scenic Driving Tour
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects , TourElectric City Brick Street Bash
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventBlue Springs Corks & Canvas
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventHistoric Downtown Liberty Missouri Bicentennial Farmers’ Market
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventCass County Fair
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventPleasant Hill Historic District BikeCentennial
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventBicentennial Mural Reveal Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventIndependence Uncorked Wine Festival
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Regional/Local EventUptown Jackson Oktoberfest
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventParkville Days 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventDowntown Joplin Third Thursday
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventFestival of the Trails
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventPlattsburg Artist Coalition 22nd Annual Fine Arts Show & Sale
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Regional/Local EventPlattsburg Artist Coalition Bicentennial Fall Festival
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local EventPlattsburg Artist Coalition Quilt Show: 200 Quilts for 200 Years
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventArcadia Valley Fall Mountain Music Festival
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local EventHarrisonville Bicentennial Birthday Block Party
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local EventJefferson County Missouri Virtual Tour
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Genealogy , History , Interactive Session , Program , Regional/Local ProjectsArcadia Valley Spring Mountain Music Festival
Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local EventStories in Stone
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Program , Regional/Local EventSertoma Duck Race Festival
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local EventWindsor Bicentennial Parade and Picnic
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Parade , Regional/Local EventLee’s Summit R-7 School District 2020-2021 Missouri Bicentennial Celebration
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsWashington 40th Annual Art Fair & Winefest
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Performance , Regional/Local EventWarrensburg Haunted Historic Walk
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Interactive Session , Performance , Regional/Local EventJewell Cemetery Workshop and Work Day
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Regional/Local EventMainstreet Kirksvillle Haunted Hustle
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventBethel Black History Museum
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local ProjectsWhat Were You? A Bicentennial Exhibit
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventShow Me Lee’s Summit: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Culinary , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local EventHenry County Library’s Bicentennial Speaker Series
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Regional/Local EventLiberty African American Legacy Memorial
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsMain Street Chillicothe Wine Walk
Current , Endorsed , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventMissouri Trailblazers
Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , History , Missouri Bicentennial Commission , Regional/Local EventSeniors on Tour
Current , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local EventDutchtown Movie Nights
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family EventSantaCaliGon® Days Festival
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventMule Power to Horse Power: 2021 American Solar Challenge
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventPlanes, Trains, and Automobiles
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventNational Lewis & Clark Conservation Awards Celebration
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventNext Stop: Moberly!
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Regional/Local ProjectsRoaring Through the 1920’s in Kearney
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventFrançois Chouteau and the Osage: Crossing Cultures with Molière
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventHolt County Bicentennial 200 for 200
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOzark County’s Hootin an Hollarin
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local EventSte. Genevieve County Bicentennial Plaza
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsReynolds County Bicentennial Scrapbook
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , Genealogy , History , Regional/Local Projects , WritingSanta Fe National Historic Trail 200th Commemoration Official Kickoff
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Program , Regional/Local EventMoscow Mills Bicentennial Commemoration
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Parade , Performance , Program , Regional/Local EventMAEA Best of Missouri Coloring Book
Arts & Culture , Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Statewide ProjectsKansas City Black History
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsA Woman’s Herstory Program: Famous Missouri Women
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects , WritingPhelps County Commemorative Quilt Project
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local ProjectsAppleton City Sesquicentennial History Documentary Premiere
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventAppleton City Sesquicentennial Historical Roadside Marker
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsHistoricMissouri.Org
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Statewide ProjectsAppleton City Sesquicentennial Stamp Cancellation
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventShook Elementary Pioneer Day
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventWatkins Mill Heirloom Garden Celebration
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventFarmhouses Before the Great Flood of 1993 – Life in the Chamois and Morrison Missouri River Bottoms
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local EventSnelson-Brinker House
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsState of Stories: Commemorating the Missouri Bicentennial
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsCharles McPherson: The Journey Home
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventMissouri Main Street Bicentennial Passport
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsWildwood Historical Society 2021 Historical Calendar
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local ProjectsMidwest Maifest 2020
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Past Event , Regional/Local EventFayette Festival of the Arts
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventMissouri Mondays: Harry S. Truman’s Connections Across Missouri
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsShepherd: The Musical
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOzark Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival 2020
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventFlorissant Valley of Flowers Festival 2021
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventA Woman’s Her-story Program: Famous Missouri Women
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventShow Me Your Roots
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsAppleton City Sesquicentennial Celebration
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventOld-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventSpringfield Legends at Maple Park Cemetery
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventShow Me Missouri
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsCelebrate Wildwood
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventChillicothe Downtown Historical Walking Tour
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsStone County Courthouse 100th Birthday
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventHeritage Youth Day
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventOral History of Clinton County
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsSchuyler County History Tours
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventMissouri S&T Day at the Capitol
Endorsed , PastShow Me to the Stage: A Missouri Bicentennial Season at Maplewood Barn Community Theatre
Current , Endorsed , Performance , Regional/Local EventMissouri Pacific / Burlington Route Historical Societies Joint Convention
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventSouthwest Missouri Cattlemen’s Tour
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventNortheast Missouri Old Threshers Annual Show
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventMissouri Art Now: A Bicentennial Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsMade in St. Joseph from Steam to STEAM
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventVoices of Arrow Rock, Spirit of the Missouri Frontier
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri S&T’s 150th Anniversary
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsChillicothe Hall of Fame
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsShow Me The Music: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsCivil War Heritage Festival 2020
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventJohn Fulton Bicentennial Art
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri History Lesson Plan Project
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsSalute to Holt County Veterans
Endorsed , PastTown Square Fair
Endorsed , PastMissouri First Families Project
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsVoices of the Past
Endorsed , PastBird’s 99th Birthday Bash
Endorsed , PastAlexander Doniphan Community History Project
Book , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOzark Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival 2019
Endorsed , PastMissouri Civil War Passport Program
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsHistorical View of Forest City
Endorsed , PastShow Me Hooked Rugs 2021
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsMercantile Building and Museum Dedication
Endorsed , PastMidwest Maifest
Endorsed , PastLive Action Oregon Trail
Endorsed , PastFrancois Chouteau and Native American Heritage Fountain
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsRandolph County 190th Anniversary
Endorsed , PastJuneteenthKC
Endorsed , PastRandolph County Visual History
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsBicentennial Bridge to Adrian’s Island
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsSave Allen Cemetery
Endorsed , PastGreene County Archives Digitization
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOld-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival 2019
Endorsed , Past , Regional/Local EventHistoric Mt. Gilead School
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri Bicentennial Mural
Community Engagement , Current , EndorsedHistoric Saint Louis Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastSt. Louis City/County Biographies
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri 1821-1951
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsSounds of the Oregon Trail
Endorsed , PastNorthwest Missouri Steam and Gas Engine Festival
Endorsed , PastOur Patriots
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsUniversity of Central Missouri Sesquicentennial
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local EventJefferson County Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastTrails West!® Festival 2018
Endorsed , PastCaledonia Bicentennial
Endorsed , PastWilborn Digitization Project
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsLouisiana Bicentennial
Endorsed , Past
BENEFITS OF ENDORSEMENT
A Missouri 2021 endorsement includes:
- Your project, program, or event posted on the Missouri 2021 website calendar and endorsement map at missouri2021.org
- Permission to use the official Missouri 2021 Bicentennial logo in accordance with the Missouri 2021 Bicentennial media kit
- Promotion on the Missouri 2021 social media platforms
EXCLUSIONS
Missouri 2021 reserves the right to reject an endorsement or revoke an endorsement for any reason. Please note Missouri 2021 will not consider endorsing the following:
- Individuals (e.g. candidates for public office)
- For-profit ventures
- Political organizations
- Exclusionary or discriminatory activities
- Publications
- Merchandise
ENDORSEMENT CRITERIA
To be considered for a Missouri 2021 endorsement, the applicant must show that the proposed project, program, or event meets the criteria outlined below.
- Relevant to the Missouri 2021 mission to promote a better understanding of Missouri, its regions, communities, and people, both past and present.
- Open to the public and as accessible as practical.
- Funding and operations of the project, program, or event are self-supporting.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications may be submitted electronically using the form below.
Applications will be reviewed on the fifteenth of every month, with endorsed projects, programs, and events announced by the fifteenth of the following month. If additional time for review is needed, the applicant will be notified. Approval or denial of any application will be made at the discretion of the executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri in consultation with the bicentennial coordinator and the Bicentennial Committee.
If you have questions concerning the Endorsement Program, the application process, or Missouri 2021, please contact us at contact@missouri2021.org.