Smithville, Missouri 2021 Bicentennial

11/02/2021

Coming up this Saturday, November 6th!
"Old Time Fiddlers Contest"
In celebration of Missouri's Bicentennial, the 200th anniversary of statehood
***$2,400 prize money!
November 6th, 2021 @ 1pm
>Registration at 12pm
>Indoor stage venue
>$12.50 admission for spectators, includes dinner of BBQ pork steak, coleslaw, potato salad & baked beans
>Open division--top 7 to split $1,075
>Jr. division (16 & under)--top 7 to split $750
>Sr. division (60 & older)--top 5 to split $575
>Callbacks as needed in the event of a tie
>Prize money not claimed will be donated to Veterans causes
>BBQ dinner provided for Fiddlers, Accompanists & Judges
Call 816-868-5343 or email: [email protected]

10/05/2021

Have you heard about our upcoming evening of dinner and music in celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial?!
Smithville American Legion Jim Nelson Post 58
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH
JOIN US FOR A NIGHT OF DINNER & MUSIC
DOORS OPEN AT 6PM WITH DINNER SERVED FROM 6PM TO 7PM; Dinner will include: 2 mini sandwiches, soup & dessert.
7PM TO 11PM ENJOY THE MUSIC OF JACK KLEIN & THE MISSOURI REBELS!
*Tickets are $15 per person*
Also featuring:
50/50 raffle HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION
Cake Walk & Pie Raffle hosted by The Historical Society
Tickets on sale now until October 9th at the Smithville American Legion. Stop in or call 816-532-8115 AND SPEAK TO HOPE to purchase your tickets. Tables can be reserved for groups of 8 with paid tickets.

08/16/2021

Coming up this Saturday, August 21st, there will be a history scavenger hunt in Smithville, MO, beginning at the Smithville American Legion Post 58 at 10am as part of our Bicentennial celebrations.

07/15/2021

Bicentennial celebration this Saturday!

03/10/2021

Checkers & Cribbage March Madness
Come up to the Smithville American Legion during the month of March to partake in the month-long checkers and cribbage tournaments. There is a $5 entry fee and the signup boards are posted in the bar. Set your own time to play by signing up against someone and contacting them to find a time to get together, or just come in with a group of friends to signup and play! Final winner will get half of the pot!

02/10/2021

The Public Television Association of Missouri (PTAM) is working collaboratively on a historical documentary about Missouri with each station producing local elements for the others to broadcast and share online. PTAM is composed of Ozarks Public TV, based in Springfield, Kansas City PBS, Nine Network of St. Louis and KMOS-TV, located in Warrensburg. Each station serves Missouri citizens with non-commercial programming, community engagement, educational and other services in accordance with the needs of their respective communities.

The four PBS stations in Missouri provide high-quality, informative and engaging programs for citizens of all ages, and for this project, the stations will add local voices from their respective communities to tell the wider story of Missouri. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/36UhOWv

02/10/2021

02/05/2021

Tune into the Bicentennial Minute every Friday through December 31, 2021. Leading up to the Missouri Bicentennial, Bill Eddleman, associate director of the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Cape Girardeau research center, is writing, recording, and sharing the Missouri Bicentennial Minute. Eddleman will discuss some of the important moments that led to Missouri’s admission to the United States. The project is in partnership with KRCU Public Radio in Cape Girardeau. The State Historical Society of Missouri is a partner in the Bicentennial Alliance. This week's episode is about Joseph McFerron.

Listen here: https://bit.ly/3jmNysu

01/27/2021

H.K. Silvey plays the fiddle in September 2017. THEODOSIA – When fiddler H.K. Silvey was a boy in rural Ozark County, a down-the-road town seemed nearly as far away as the moon. “In fact, a town 15 miles away — that was another world to us,” he says from his home on the outskirts of Theodosi...