Thomas-Anderson Development Corps 20th Anniversary Celebration and their award winning float in the Kent Bicentennial Parade:

 1st Place Best in the Show for their rendition of Kents' history which trace the Mill Period 1806, the Canal Period 1840's the Rail Road Period in the 1880's where Immigrants and African American Migrated to Kent to work the rail road and the KSU period beginning 1910... with the Normal School... on a 16 wheeler flat bed.. We had wooden replica's of each era represented with over 20 multi-racial children on the float and parents walking along side the float.. Flags of all the immigrants and African-Am...along with old glory - flew on the AGW Train Replica. (following two pictures)