The thing about throwing a 150th birthday party for a growing city is that you get to pull out all the stops, like holding a week long party with a thousand-person stage production, beard growing contests mandated by the mayor, and an arsenal-sponsored beauty queen. However, such a milestone is also a chance to choose how you’ll be remembered, even if that means writing (and rewriting) your city’s history through rebranding that still impacts us today. 1955 was a pivotal time for Huntsville, Alabama, and this episode, I’ll be diving into the multi-faceted celebration that was our Sesquicentennial: the fun, the unhinged, the concerning, and everything between.