WHAT: A Community Celebration Event
WHEN: New Year's Eve, 7-9 AM
WHERE: Panera - Fulton, MD
WHY: An opportunity for geocachers to gather and socialize.
HOW: Just show up anytime during the event and stay as long or as briefly as you like. No purchases necessary.
Not only is this New Years Eve, but it is the eve of America's Semiquincentennial year.
Yes, we are moving from the 25th anniversary of geocaching to the 250th anniversary of the United States of America!
Technically, the Semiquincentennial, also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial, America250 or the Quarter Millennium, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States' Declaration of Independence on July 4th.
How many of us remember living thru our Bicentennial? How many of us will be here for the Tricentennial?
How many of us will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of geocaching? The 75th?
The Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, voted for the independence of the United Colonies by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776. The Declaration of Independence, mainly written by Committee of Five member Thomas Jefferson, was proclaimed on July 4, the date on which the anniversary of independence is observed.
There were no major government-sponsored 50th anniversary observances on July 4, 1826, which was the day that the Founding Fathers and former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died. In 1876, the United States organized nationwide centennial observances centered on the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In 1926, a Sesquicentennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia, and in 1976, Bicentennial observances were held throughout the country.
Source: Wikipedia
Community Celebration Events - 2025
This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.