See the exhibit Centers of the USA, at the Centers of the USA!
A mobile exhibition unit containing the exhibit Centers of the USA, produced by the Institute of Marking and Measuring and the Center for Land Use Interpretation, will be hitting the road on August 8, 2011, to visit a number of the official Centers of the USA. Come and see the show, and feel the resonance of the concurrent and concentric centers. A once in a lifetime opportunity!
Tour schedule:
August 8: Departs the Center of the Contiguous Continental United States, at Lebanon, Kansas.
August 9: Arrives at the Population Center of the USA at Plato, Missouri (determined by the 2010 census).
August 12: Arrives at the Geographic Center of all 50 States of the USA, at Belle Fourche, South Dakota. (The exhibit unit will be located at the Center of the Nation Information Center in Belle Fourche until 2pm, then it will relocate to the actual surveyed location, 20 miles north of town.)
August 14: The mobile exhibition unit returns to Lebanon, Kansas.
Exhibit is free of charge and open to the public. Follow the Tour of the Centers of the USA on Facebook.