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Tucson's Birthday Postage Stamp Design Contest

Jul 1 - Aug 1, 2008

Time: Your own!
Admission: free
Location: Postal History Foundation, 920 N 1st Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719
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July 1-August 1 Contest entries accepted.


Create a unique postage stamp design to celebrate Tucson's Birthday. Entries will be judged and winners selected in Youth, Adult and Professional categories. Prizes will be awarded at a reception on August 15, and all entries will be exhibited at the Postal History Foundation through September 1. Copies of the stamps will be made available, along with a Tucson's Birthday hand cancel at our post office for anyone wishing to send special greetings during the month of August.
 

To enter, contact: 

Kelly McLear
Postal History Foundation
kmclear.phf@mindspring.com
520-623-6652
ext 101

Join the Celebration!

Tucson’s Birthday
August 2008

Celebrate! Take a swim or a hike, see a classic movie, take a walking tour of Tucson’s history, go bird watching, learn hip-hop or salsa, rock with Tucson’s favorite bands, take the kids on a scavenger hunt of all of Southern Arizona’s museums, salute the five flags that have flown over Tucson, toss back a free glass of champagne, eat your weight in free birthday cake, design a stamp to celebrate Tucson’s Birthday and you could win a prize.

New new events are added almost daily.  

                         

                       

Sponsors

AGM Bookmans
Dr. Ray Davies
Cindy and Rick Barrett
Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson

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6/25/2008

We're under way for 2008!

Check out the Birthday's new website and see how much fun is already in store! And check back often because we'll keep adding events from now through the month of August. There will be something for all ages, and almost every interest. Have fun with that search feature. Soon you'll even be able to search by zip code.

While you're at the site, add an event of your own at the link "My Event". Click on the "Resources" page to get some ideas about how to make it special.

The "Graphics" page has a whole collection of Birthday art you can use to spruce up your invitations, flyers, posters and party decor. Or you can make an iron-on decal for a t-shirt.


Last year’s celebration featured more than 100 events and exhibits all over town. And they kept Tucson’s bakeries busy with orders for birthday cakes.

Tucson’s month-long birthday celebration was conceived in 2006 by Cele Peterson, who co-chairs the 2008 event with Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias, President of Los Descendientes del Presidio de Tucson. The Birthday celebrates the contributions of many cultures and interests, as well as the environmental features and institutions that have made Tucson unique.

Tucson has a long history of celebrating both the saint’s day of its patron St. Augustine (San Agustin), for whom its cathedral is named, and the anniversary of the founding of the Presidio de Tucson on August 20, 1775.

6/25/2008

Wear a Guayabera to celebrate Tucson's 233rd!


Why not treat yourself to a Guayabera for Tucson’s Birthday?
It's the the favorite attire of Tucson's Birthday celebrants! If you can't find one at your favorite store, try one of Tucson's many great vintage and resale shops.

6/24/2008

Parking? Road Work? Weather?

Find out how to avoid road work and parking hassles, and plan around weather, so your Tucson's Birthday celebrations will be nothing but fun!

Downtown Parking Map
Current City Road Construction Projects
I-10 Freeway Project Info
National Weather Service Forecast


AND DON'T FORGET THE SUN BLOCK!

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