Looking Back – July 18

Members of the Community Choir, Charlene Bosley, left, and Gwen Wiggins, participated in the ninth annual Juneteenth celebration, the nation's oldest celebration of the abolition of slavery, at Mill Race Park in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

The 4-H livestock auction raised $183,700 from the sale of 223 animals.

1995

New plans for the Second Street bridge designed to save $3.5 million were unveiled during Focus 2000’s annual meeting.

1970

The public works committee of the U.S. House of Representatives authorized an $82,000 flood control study for Columbus.