Plenty of action at Oct 10 Dillinger robbery reenactment and motorcycle show
On Saturday, October 10, the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society is staging an 11:55 a.m. reenactment of the 1933 robbery of Citizens National Bank by John Dillinger and his gang. The event will also include a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. motorcycle show and will be attended by riders from Joe Bayliff's Route 30 Harley-Davidson on their annual Wake the Dead Motorcycle Ride. At 1:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Senior Center, area residents will share accounts of Dillinger gang activity.
LOUD NOISE ADVISORY: The 11:55 robbery reenactment will include loud firecracker noises.
WOODEN NICKELS: Get locked up in the Dillinger cell if you think you can make bail (a donation) and get a commemorative wooden nickel.
8:00 a.m.
- Allen County jail cell that housed Dillinger parked at the Farmers Market
9:00 a.m.
- Streets to be closed: Main St from Town Hall to Chase Bank; Church St from Main to Jackson; Vine Street and Cherry Street from Main to alley.
- Motorcyclists start arriving and parking on Main St
- PA system will be playing music, along with regular announcements about reenactment and sponsors
10:00 a.m.
- Motorcycle Show and judging begins
10:30 a.m.
- Classic cars parking on Church St.
11:30 a.m.
- Wake the Dead motorcycle group arrives with police escort on Main St.
11:55 a.m.
- Dillinger reenactment outside Citizens National Bank, 102 S. Main
12:30 p.m.
- Awards for motorcyclists
- Eat and shop downtown. Dillinger book on sale at BOHS tent
1:00 p.m.
- "Tell YOUR Dillinger story" with Kevin Gratz at Senior Citizens Center
2-2:30 p.m.
- Streets reopen
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