By John Eding
Advance registration is still available for free admission to Colorado’s Birthday Celebration at the History Colorado Center on Sunday, August 1, 10am – 5pm. Rain or shine…
Click here to register. When you go to the Tickets page, click on the Calendar button and scroll to ‘August’, then pick August 1. Then choose the number of tickets you want. Admission is free.
The state’s official celebration of Colorado’s 145th birthday takes place at downtown Denver’s beautiful History Colorado Center. Amid four floors of interactive exhibits at the state’s largest history museum, the biggest Colorado Day party in the state features dozens of event partners including an alpaca petting zoo and free face painting. It’s all free and advance tickets are still available at historycolorado.org. Four additional museums across Colorado also offer free admission on Colorado Day. Details at historycolorado.org/colorado-day
Entertainment
The Colorado Avalanche mascot, Bernie; the Colorado Rockies mascot, Dinger; and the Denver Broncos mascot, Miles; musical guests including local horn-and-drum street band Brothers of Brass; and thousands of Coloradans enjoying free museum admission and carnival attractions from dozens of event partners.
The event runs from 10am – 5pm, rain or shine. Brothers of Brass perform 10–11 a.m. Team Mascots entertain guests 11am – 1pm and 2 – 3pm.
The History Colorado Center in the heart of Denver’s Golden Triangle Creative District: 1200 North Broadway, at the southeast corner of Broadway and 12th. Several RTD routes serve the museum, and parking meters around the museum are all free on Colorado Day this year. Covered parking is also available throughout the neighborhood.
Colorado Trivia
What is the oldest town in Colorado?
San Luis, founded in 1851
What Colorado National Park was the first place in the U.S. to be named a World Cultural Heritage site by the United Nations?
Mesa Verde National Park
Which Catholic nun became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized as a saint after establishing an orphanage in Colorado?
Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
Which former Colorado Governor was the nation’s only major politician to publicly oppose the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor?
Governor Ralph L. Carr
Who is the winningest coach in Denver Nuggets History?
Doug Moe, with 432 regular season victories and 24 postseason wins
About History Colorado
History Colorado is a division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and a 501(c)3 non-profit that has served more than 75,000 students and 500,000 people in Colorado each year. It is a 142-year-old institution that operates Colorado’s oldest museum, nine additional museums and historic sites, a free public research center, the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, and the History Colorado State Historical Fund (SHF), which is the nation’s largest preservation program of its kind. More than 70% of SHF grants are allocated in rural areas of the state.
John Eding is Communications and PR Manager with History Colorado.
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