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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 OHillsborough , on 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 Y2 hours , will conclude at the Old <br /> Courthouse in time for the lecture . <br /> On Monday , September g , beginning at 110.40 am at the Old- Courthouse in downtown <br /> Hillsborough , the acoustic band Mapparnundi will play instrumental selections from their <br /> Colonial American music program . At noon , there will be a ringing of church bells across <br /> Grange County , followed by a blessing by John Blackfeather Jeffries , Barry Jacobs , Chair of <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners and chair of the 250th Anniversary Celebration <br /> Committee , will tmake brief remarks , followed by remarks by University 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 Douglas 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 />