Join in the celebration of Huntsville's 200th birthday!

Huntsville Bicentennial Blastoff!

Since 1998, when the first herd of decorated cows, a public art project, grazed the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, nearly two dozen communities have followed suit. Zurich had more than 800 decorated fiberglass cows on display that summer, inspiring other cities to launch similar public art projects. Chicago featured more than 300 cows during the summer of 1999, and summer 2000 featured cows in New York, horses in Lexington, and moose in Toronto. Summer 2001 was downtown Seattle's turn when nearly 200 pigs hogged the sidewalks.

Huntsville is the Rocket City of the World, so why not adorn our city with an artistically embellished symbol of Huntsville's heritage. Louisville had "Gallapalooza", Chicago had "Cows on Parade" , and Seattle had "Pigs"! The Huntsville Bicentennial Commission is presenting "Huntsville Bicentennial Blastoff"! The excitement of seeing 6' tall scale models of the Saturn V rocket throughout the city of Huntsville is the fitting symbol for Huntsville's Bicentennial Celebration.

Friday, August 29th, 2005 All decorated Bicentennial Rockets will be on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Monday, August 1st, 2005 - Begins the judging of the rockets by a selected panel of judges from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 the winners will be announced at the Blastoff Rocket Celebration (invitation only) Saturday, August 6th, 2005 - all decorated rockets will be on display for the Unity Day celebration

Huntsville will be enriched by both the local excitement and the national and international goodwill generated by Huntsville Bicentennial Blastoff!

The schools, businesses and individuals have participated in a big way to support the
Huntsville Bicentennial Blastoff and we thank them for their participation. Below is a schedule of events for viewing all of the decorated rockets:

Make plans to celebrate our city's big event on Saturday, August 6th and view the Bicentennial Blastoff Rockets. After our city's Birthday Celebration Day all rockets will be on display throughout the end of this year at the locations indicated on the map.