Clenece Hills, center, president of the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, introduces descendants of Amos Lawrence, for whom the city is named, during a closing ceremony of the Lawrence sesquicentennial celebration. From left are Charles Derby and his 21-month-old daughter Lillian, Lawrence, Elizabeth Hedenberg, Pensacola, Fla., and her cousin Brenda Muntz, Olathe. The ceremony was Sept. 19 at Sesquicentennial Point at Clinton Lake.

From left, Michele Schneck, Lawrence, and her son Eli, 7, and daughter Karey, 8, fill out postcards to include in the Sesquicentennial Time Capsule. The capsule was buried Sept. 19 at Sesquicentennial Point near Clinton Lake Dam during the closing ceremony of Lawrence's birthday celebration.

Jean Dirks, Lawrence, and a member of the Unitarian Fellowship, displays the children's coloring book and a booklet of church service programs from the past year. She put them in the Sesquicentennial Time Capsule that was buried Sept. 19 at Sesquicentennial Point near Clinton Lake dam.

Tom Coen waves to a friend walking in the Sesquicentennial Parade on Massachusetts Street. Coen and his dog Bandit enjoyed the view from the second-story window above Hanna's. The parade was Sept. 15.

Hannah Whiple, 11, waves to bystanders as she and her Girl Scout troop parade down Massachusetts Street. They participated Sept. 18 in the Sesquicentennial Parade.

Benny Smith, Lawrence, gives a dedication of Sesquicentennial Point and a time capsule during the closing ceremony of Lawrence's sesquicentennial celebration. At right is Larry McElwain, of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, which donated the vacuum-sealed vault.