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 , Writing
Clinton Main Street Bicentennial Birthday Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
Albany Rhythm and Roots
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Canton Jack & Jill Twisted Cat Tournament
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Parade , Regional/Local Event
Canton Civil War Living History
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Lecture , Military , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Ozark Oktoberfest on the Square 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local Event
Bicentennial Reenactment of the First Missouri Train Robbery
Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Carthage Route 66 Festival
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local Event
Carthage Independence Day Spectacular
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
UCM Over There: Missouri and the Great War Exhibit
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Military , Regional/Local Event
Old Town Cape Bicentennial Weekend Bash
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
UCM Historic Campus Tour and Ghost Buildings of the Great Fire
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event , Tour
Historic Glasgow Missouri Scenic Driving Tour
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects , Tour
Electric City Brick Street Bash
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
Blue Springs Corks & Canvas
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Event
Historic Downtown Liberty Missouri Bicentennial Farmers’ Market
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
Cass County Fair
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local Event
Pleasant Hill Historic District BikeCentennial
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local Event
Bicentennial Mural Reveal Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local Event
Independence Uncorked Wine Festival
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Uptown Jackson Oktoberfest
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
Parkville Days 2021
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local Event
Downtown Joplin Third Thursday
Arts & Culture , Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Festival of the Trails
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local Event
Plattsburg Artist Coalition 22nd Annual Fine Arts Show & Sale
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Regional/Local Event
Plattsburg Artist Coalition Bicentennial Fall Festival
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Regional/Local Event
Plattsburg Artist Coalition Quilt Show: 200 Quilts for 200 Years
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
Arcadia Valley Fall Mountain Music Festival
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Parade , Regional/Local Event
Harrisonville Bicentennial Birthday Block Party
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Regional/Local Event
Jefferson County Missouri Virtual Tour
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Genealogy , History , Interactive Session , Program , Regional/Local Projects
Arcadia Valley Spring Mountain Music Festival
Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Regional/Local Event
Stories in Stone
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Program , Regional/Local Event
Sertoma Duck Race Festival
Culinary , Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , Music , Regional/Local Event
Windsor Bicentennial Parade and Picnic
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Parade , Regional/Local Event
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 2020-2021 Missouri Bicentennial Celebration
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
Washington 40th Annual Art Fair & Winefest
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , Festival , History , Music , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Warrensburg Haunted Historic Walk
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Interactive Session , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Jewell Cemetery Workshop and Work Day
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Regional/Local Event
Mainstreet Kirksvillle Haunted Hustle
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
Bethel Black History Museum
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local Projects
What Were You? A Bicentennial Exhibit
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
Show Me Lee’s Summit: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Culinary , Education , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local Event
Henry County Library’s Bicentennial Speaker Series
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Lecture , Regional/Local Event
Liberty African American Legacy Memorial
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
Main Street Chillicothe Wine Walk
Current , Endorsed , Festival , History , Regional/Local Event
Missouri Trailblazers
Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , Family Event , History , Missouri Bicentennial Commission , Regional/Local Event
Seniors on Tour
Current , Endorsed , History , Program , Regional/Local Event
Dutchtown Movie Nights
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Family Event
SantaCaliGon® Days Festival
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local Event
Mule Power to Horse Power: 2021 American Solar Challenge
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local Event
National Lewis & Clark Conservation Awards Celebration
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Next Stop: Moberly!
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Regional/Local Projects
Roaring Through the 1920’s in Kearney
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local Event
François Chouteau and the Osage: Crossing Cultures with Molière
Arts & Culture , Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Performance , Program , Regional/Local Event
Holt County Bicentennial 200 for 200
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Ozark County’s Hootin an Hollarin
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Regional/Local Event
Ste. Genevieve County Bicentennial Plaza
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
Reynolds County Bicentennial Scrapbook
Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , Genealogy , History , Regional/Local Projects , Writing
Santa Fe National Historic Trail 200th Commemoration Official Kickoff
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Program , Regional/Local Event
Moscow Mills Bicentennial Commemoration
Current , Endorsed , Family Event , Festival , History , Parade , Performance , Program , Regional/Local Event
MAEA Best of Missouri Coloring Book
Arts & Culture , Book , Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Statewide Projects
Kansas City Black History
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
A Woman’s Herstory Program: Famous Missouri Women
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects , Writing
Phelps County Commemorative Quilt Project
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Exhibition , History , Regional/Local Projects
Appleton City Sesquicentennial History Documentary Premiere
Current , Education , Endorsed , Family Event , History , Regional/Local EventAppleton City Sesquicentennial Historical Roadside Marker
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
HistoricMissouri.Org
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Interactive Session , Statewide ProjectsAppleton City Sesquicentennial Stamp Cancellation
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event
Shook Elementary Pioneer Day
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event
Watkins Mill Heirloom Garden Celebration
Current , Education , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event
Farmhouses Before the Great Flood of 1993 – Life in the Chamois and Morrison Missouri River Bottoms
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Event
Snelson-Brinker House
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
State of Stories: Commemorating the Missouri Bicentennial
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Charles McPherson: The Journey Home
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Event
Missouri Main Street Bicentennial Passport
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Wildwood Historical Society 2021 Historical Calendar
Current , Endorsed , History , Regional/Local Projects
Midwest Maifest 2020
Current , Endorsed , Festival , Past Event , Regional/Local Event
Fayette Festival of the Arts
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Event
Missouri Mondays: Harry S. Truman’s Connections Across Missouri
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Shepherd: The Musical
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Ozark Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival 2020
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Florissant Valley of Flowers Festival 2021
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A Woman’s Her-story Program: Famous Missouri Women
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Show Me Your Roots
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsAppleton City Sesquicentennial Celebration
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Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival
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Springfield Legends at Maple Park Cemetery
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Event
Show Me Missouri
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Celebrate Wildwood
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Chillicothe Downtown Historical Walking Tour
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Stone County Courthouse 100th Birthday
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Heritage Youth Day
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Oral History of Clinton County
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Schuyler County History Tours
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Missouri S&T Day at the Capitol
Endorsed , Past
Show Me to the Stage: A Missouri Bicentennial Season at Maplewood Barn Community Theatre
Current , Endorsed , Performance , Regional/Local Event
Missouri Pacific / Burlington Route Historical Societies Joint Convention
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Southwest Missouri Cattlemen’s Tour
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Northeast Missouri Old Threshers Annual Show
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Missouri Art Now: A Bicentennial Celebration
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Made in St. Joseph from Steam to STEAM
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Voices of Arrow Rock, Spirit of the Missouri Frontier
Arts & Culture , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsMissouri S&T’s 150th Anniversary
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Chillicothe Hall of Fame
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Show Me The Music: A Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Civil War Heritage Festival 2020
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Event
John Fulton Bicentennial Art
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Missouri History Lesson Plan Project
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsSalute to Holt County Veterans
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Town Square Fair
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Missouri First Families Project
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsVoices of the Past
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Bird’s 99th Birthday Bash
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Alexander Doniphan Community History Project
Book , Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOzark Cigar Box Guitar Music Festival 2019
Endorsed , Past
Missouri Civil War Passport Program
Current , Endorsed , Statewide ProjectsHistorical View of Forest City
Endorsed , Past
Show Me Hooked Rugs 2021
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Mercantile Building and Museum Dedication
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Midwest Maifest
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Live Action Oregon Trail
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Francois Chouteau and Native American Heritage Fountain
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Randolph County 190th Anniversary
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JuneteenthKC
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Randolph County Visual History
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Bicentennial Bridge to Adrian’s Island
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Save Allen Cemetery
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Greene County Archives Digitization
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local ProjectsOld-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival 2019
Endorsed , Past , Regional/Local Event
Historic Mt. Gilead School
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Missouri Bicentennial Mural
Community Engagement , Current , Endorsed
Historic Saint Louis Bicentennial
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St. Louis City/County Biographies
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Missouri Remembers: Artists in Missouri 1821-1951
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
Sounds of the Oregon Trail
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Northwest Missouri Steam and Gas Engine Festival
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Our Patriots
Current , Endorsed , Statewide Projects
University of Central Missouri Sesquicentennial
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Jefferson County Bicentennial
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Trails West!® Festival 2018
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Caledonia Bicentennial
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Wilborn Digitization Project
Current , Endorsed , Regional/Local Projects
Louisiana Bicentennial
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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.