Special Events

Single-Occurrence Events

1830 Deep Snow

1836 Sudden Change

1858 Tornado Damages Town

1877 May Crane Valedictorian Address

1887 Chatsworth Train Disaster

1895 Sun Electric & Power Explosion

1901 Smallpox Scare

1902 Train Accident

1902 First Car in Washington

1908 Local Prohibition Enacted

1911 First Airplane Over Washington

1914 The First Christmas on the Square

1924 Storm Damages Town

1925 Centennial Celebration

1935 Out of Debt Celebration

1944-45 German POWs - The Story

1944-45 German POWs - The Pictures

1947 Spring Blizzard

1949 Carol Reeser Married on the Radio

1953-1956 Storm Damage

1954 Ricky Walker Day

1960 David Rubinoff Concert

1960 Washington's Only Fatal Plane Crash

1963 City on the Grow Slogan Picked

1963 Sonny Liston Visits Sunnyland

1968 Illinois Sesquicentennial Float

1974 Creature Feature Visits Washington

1975 Sesquicentennial Scrapbook

1975 Freedom Train Through Town

1976 Mural on the Square

1979 Blizzard

1985 WCHS Football State Championship

1986 Hands Across Washington

1990 Train Derailment

1994 White Elephant Fire

2013 American Pickers Visit Washington

2013 Tornado Scrapbook

2013 Washington Strong Shirts

2013 - Washington Tornado Memoirs - Hope Lives On Project

2015 Alumni Football Game

Multi-Year Events

9/11 Walk

Abraham Lincoln in Washington

Big Tent Shows of Early Washington

Dick Herm Steam Show

Early Attempts to Create a Park District

Evolution of our City Name

Gus Macker Tournament

Fall Festival/Good Neighbor Days

Frontier Life in Washington

Lessons From Leaders Series

Libby’s Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Movies Shown at Valley Forge

Pageant Winners

Take Pride in Washington Day

Taste of Washington

Tom Berlett's Quest

Tournament of Champions

Town Homecoming

William Holland Plaque Dedications