| Last update 02/20/2012 9:20 PM |
Cherry
Blossom Festival is mentioned in the Smithsonian Magazine!!!!
Here is a short excerpt from the article "When the Country's
Founding Father is Your Founding Father"
Richard Emory Gatchell, Jr. Baltimore, Maryland For five of the last seven years, Richard Emory Gatchell, Jr. has attended the Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival in the tiny town of Marshfield, Missouri. The event, inspired by a year that its organizer Nicholas Inman spent in Washington, D.C. for an internship, draws presidential descendants from upwards of 20 administrations. “It is the most bizarre and enriching weekend,” says Gatchell. “There are two halves of the room. There is the group that lives in anonymity and the other that wears it on their sleeve.” Gatchell is of the latter set. Although his name doesn’t overtly show it, he is a fifth-great grandson of James Monroe. Read more: Link to Smithsonian article |
| Message
to vendors... We are hard at
work finalizing the venue for the festival this year. As soon as possible we will make a form available online that can be used to sign-up. If you would like to get further information or get on the waiting list for vendors you can email the Cherry Blossom vendor contact person at the following email address. vendorcontact@cherryblossomfest.com |
As
always, all events are free with the
exception of any event that includes a meal. Tickets for meal events will be available soon. |
| The
committee is hard at work on the schedule for the upcoming 2012 Cherry
Blossom Festival. The events listed are the ones that have
been scheduled so far. Check
back to see the new events
and information as they are added! Be sure to click on anything that is BLUE and underlined - it is a link to more information!!! (must have Adobe pdf reader to access most of the extra information, you can download it here - Adobe PDF ) |
Thursday,
April 26 2:30 PM - English Tea - Holy Trinity Catholic Church 4:15 PM - Ella Dickey Literacy Award at CrossBridge Church Friday, April 27 9 AM - Jenna (Bush) Hager (Carl & Glessie Young Auditorium at the High School) - Event is open to the public and free! 1 PM - Missouri Walk of Fame Ceremony at CrossBridge Church 2:30 - 4:30 PM - Dred & Harriet Scott Reconciliation Forum at CrossBridge Church 6:30 PM - Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative Dinner (Holy Trinity Catholic Church) tickets $20 * Annual Cherry Pie Contest & Auction will be held in conjunction with the annual Hubble Dinner Saturday, April 28 8:30 AM - 2nd Annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast - hosted by the Elkland Independent Methodist Church at White Stone Wedding Chapel (donations accepted) 1:30 PM - Presidential Family Forum at Marshfield Assembly of God 3rd Annual State Dinner (Blackberry Creek Retreat) $50 5:30 PM - Doors open 6:00 PM - Dinner *Presidential Descendant signing following annual Presidential Family Forum at Marshfield Assembly of God |
| Jenna
(Bush) Hager Speaker at the Robert and Edith Garst History Convocation Carl & Glessie Young Auditorium Friday, April 27 9 AM Free Event - Open to the Public |
 Jenna Hager |
| Scheduled
to attend this years festival: Merrill Eisenhower Atwater (Great-grandson of Eisenhower) Jennifer Harville (Great-granddaughter of Coolidge) Tom Washington & family (Washington) Richard Gatchell & family (Monroe) Marie Clinton Bruno (Clinton) Bertram Hayes-Davis & family (Jefferson Davis and Rutherford B. Hayes) Jenna (Bush) Hager (Pierce and Bush Family) John Truman (Truman) Lucian and Chris Truscott (Jefferson) Rett Adams (Adams) George Cleveland (Grandson of Cleveland) John, Neita & Jill Campbell (Polk) Mary Todd Lincoln family Lynne Jackson (Dred & Harriet Scott) Dr. Richard Harding (Harding) Dr. Ken Hechler (aide to F.D. Roosevelt and Truman) Maggie Peterson Mancuso ("Charlene Darling"/Andy Griffith Show) Dr. Christopher Sullivan (Gone w/ the Wind collector & 2011 Hubble Honoree) Lyon Tyler (Grandson of Tyler) Susan Tyler (Great-Granddaughter of Tyler) |
English Tea
Hosted by Holy Trinity Catholic Church Thursday, April 26 2:30 PM 515 E. Washington Street |
| Greg
Giese 2012 Hubble Medal of Initiative Honoree - Surviving cast member of "Gone With the Wind"  Click here for an interview on YouTube with Mr. Giese  Cast to portray both newborn babies in Gone With the Wind, Giese was filmed at just 11 days old. He played Melanie's baby son Beau Wilkes and also Scarlett's baby girl Bonnie Blue Butler. Read more about Giese by clicking here... |
Mickey
Kuhn click for bio  2012 Hubble Medal of Initiative Honoree - Surviving cast member of "Gone With the Wind" |
| 2012
Cherry Blossom Medal Honoree Karen Knotts daughter of Don Knotts |
Vendors & Bluegrass Music will be on the Downtown Historic Marshfield Square on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 |
| 2012
Cherry Blossom Medal Honoree Morgan Brittany  Photo by Alan Mercer |
Amelia
Earhart will be awarded a star on the Missouri Walk of Fame  Accepting the star will be Amelia Earhart's niece Amy Morrissey Kleppner click to read Amy's bio Read about Amelia Earhart's landing in Springfield, MO |
| 2012
Ella
Dickey Literacy Award Honoree Maxine Brown CLICK FOR BIO  www.themaxinebrown.com Maxine's book is also available for purchase as an EBook through Google & also on iTunes! "Looking Back to See" Maxine's book is in the top 4% of all time best-sellers at University of Arkansas Press and still selling! |
2012
Ella Dickey Literacy Award Honoree Jon Provost  The original Timmie from "Lassie" |
  2012 Ella Dickey Literacy Award Winner Christina Haag Writer of Come to the Edge "a book which chronicles her childhood friendship and 5 year romance with John Kennedy, Jr." |
One group
of
honorees at the Hubble Dinner this year are the founders of "Kids Need
To Read" Denise Gary, Nathan Fillion & PJ Haarsma.
Nathan will be unable to attend the dinner due to scheduling conflicts, but Denise and PJ are scheduled to be in attendence at the dinner. click for bios    Denise Gary, Nathan Fillion & PJ Haarsma Founders of "Kids Need to Read" |
| 2012 Walk of Fame Honoree Rhonda Vincent "Queen of Bluegrass"  http://www.rhondavincent.com |
2012
Marshfield Walk of Fame Jean McFaddin Amelia Earhart Sue Ann Langdon Dawn Wells Rhonda Vincent |
| 2012 Brigadier General Homer Case Medal of Patriotism Lucian K. Truscott IV  |
2012
Hubble Medal of Initiative Honorees Surviving cast of Gone With the Wind Kids Need to Read Founders Jenna (Bush) Hager Michael Learned Bunny Mellon |