Bicentennial Events
January 16th: Galena Trivia
February 26th-March 1st: Play at Turner Hall
May 15-17: Galena History Symposium at DeSoto House
Fridays May 15 - Labor Day: Bees, Bounty, and Bicentennial
August 29th: Corn Boil and Music Festival at Rec Park
September: Pow Wow at Hanover Athletic Field
December 27th: Galena Trivia / Birthday Party
2026 Events
Galena Celebrates 200 Years
200 Block of North Main Street
On December 27, 1826, in a forgotten tavern in the Village on Fever River, people of the town voted - by a margin of a single vote - to rename the village "Galena."
