Name: Beaver Island Bicentennial projects and fund report, February 1976
Start: 1976-02
End: 1976-02
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island Bicentennial projects and fund report, February 1976

Also 1976 Bicentennial project report · February 1976 Bicentennial report

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TypeEvent

Date1976-02

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1976-02
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Bicentennial Committee
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagegovernancecommunicationconstructionmaritimecommunityeconomy
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1976 Bicentennial report organizes five projects: a Marine Museum, Heritage Park, a Post Office museum addition, publications, and historic-site signs. It reports $11,500 raised toward a stated $38,000 need and asks for information, money, and volunteer labor.

Evidence and limits

This is a published plan and financial snapshot. It does not prove completion, incorporation, an audited account, or a complete volunteer roster.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1976, “Bicentennial Committee Report.”
Reports plans for the Marine Museum, Heritage Park, a Post Office museum addition, publications, and historic-site signs; it states that $38,000 was needed and $11,500 had been raised. The plans and accounting snapshot are not treated as completed projects or an audited ledger. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1976, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the project list, appeals for information/money/labor, and reported fund totals.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Bicentennial projects and fund report, February 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bicentennial-projects-and-fund-report-february-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1976, “Bicentennial Committee Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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