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2 <br /> For those not interested in the 3.5 mile hike, Colonial Guides of Hillsborough will provide a free <br /> guided walking tour of downtown'Hilisboroughion Sunday afternoon. The tour will begin at the <br /> Orange County Sheriffs Department on East Margaret Lane at 2:00 pm and will include a tour <br /> of the Dickson House, the Regulator Marker, the Courthouse, and many of Hillsborough's other <br /> historic sites. The tour, which lasts for approximately 1% hours, will conclude at the Old <br /> Courthouse in time for the lecture. <br /> On Monday, September 9, beginning at I I:40 am at the Old Courthouse in downtown <br /> Hillsborough, the acoustic band Mappamundi will play instrumental selections from their <br /> Colonial American music program. At noon, there will be a ringing of church bells across <br /> Orange County, followed by a blessing by John Eilackfeather Jeffries. Barry Jacobs, Chair of <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners and chair of the 250th Anniversary Celebration <br /> Committee, will make brief remarks, followed by remarks by Iniversity of North Carolina at <br /> Chapel Hill Chancellor Dr. James Moeser, State Senator Howard Lee, Hillsborough author Lee <br /> Smith and Chapel Hill historian Dr. John ouglas Eyre. To close the program, Mappamundi will <br /> sing two selections. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Thanks to corporate donations, there will be no financial impact to the <br /> County. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board review the proposed <br /> activities and comment as necessary. <br />