Looking Back – July 16

Children at the Schmitt Elementary School playground re-enacted the Boston Tea Party, boarding the HMS Lipton to dump its cargo of tea bags, during the annual citywide playground program's Fourth of July contest in 1970. From The Republic archives

Around Columbus

July 16

2010

Former Indiana State Fire Marshall Roger Johnson of Columbus and his dog, Maggie, were featured on the cover of In Response, a trade magazine for the Indiana Firefighter’s Association.

1995

Thousands of spectators lined the 2.4-mile Celebrate ’95 parade route from Columbus East High School to Mill Race Park to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

1970

The project to widen State Road 9 through Hope was completed.