Braun visits Jasper to promote Dubois County America 250 plans
Dubois County can claim a $1,000 America 250 reimbursement grant per county, but Jasper’s bigger ideas will need more local money to become visible events.
Dubois County organizers can claim a $1,000 America 250 reimbursement grant per county, but Jasper’s bigger ideas will need more local money to become visible events. Gov. Mike Braun met with local leaders in Jasper to highlight how Dubois County can use the state program for anniversary events and education.
The Indiana Semiquincentennial Commission’s county grant program gives each Indiana county one $1,000 reimbursement grant for local events, educational programs and community celebrations tied to America 250. Applications can cover costs retroactively through July 31, 2026, and the wider state campaign has lanterns traveling through all 92 counties as part of the buildout.
In Dubois County, planning has been building around a year-long America 250 celebration in 2026. The Dubois County America 250 Committee was scheduled to meet June 23 at 2 River Center in Jasper to sort through ideas that have included quilting, the planting and dedication of Liberty Trees, fireworks, drone events and a time capsule. Visit Dubois County has also pointed the local effort toward Revolutionary War patriots, Liberty Trees and festival tie-ins.
The county’s largest built-in platform may be the 48th annual Jasper Strassenfest, set for July 30 through Aug. 2, 2026, in downtown Jasper. The Jasper Strassenfest Committee has chosen “Threads of History, Patterns of Progress” as the festival theme, linking the event to the nation’s 250th birthday and giving local organizers a ready-made audience for America 250 programming.
That $1,000 county grant can help seed modest programming, but it will not carry larger public events on its own. Fireworks, drone shows and other high-visibility efforts will need additional local public or private money if Dubois County wants them to stand out beyond a planning meeting or a printed display. For arts-based projects, the Indiana Arts Commission also ran a separate America250 grant program that allowed requests up to $5,000 with no matching funds required.
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