Start digging

through your closets and rummaging in the attic for some fashions from

yesteryear. Palmetto is celebrating its 150th birthday this month with

four days of events starting September 25 and is asking anyone who attends

to dress accordingly.

During Monday

night's City Council meeting, city officials encouraged everyone to participate

in this year's celebration.

The city was

founded in 1853, so anything from the late 19th century would not be out

of place during the festivities. Bonnets and bustles, hoop skirts and

parasols for the fairer sex will help call to mind the early days of Palmetto

when a lady's ankle was all the rage.

Derbys or straw

hats, stiff collars, spats, overalls and pocket watches will do for the

men who want to strut their stuff like their great granddad did.

It's all part

of a taste of what Palmetto has been and still is, a friendly, little

town proudly sharing its history and southern flavor with those who enjoy

nothing better than an old fashioned cake walk or hoe-down.

There will

be plenty to see and hear through Sunday, September 28 when the celebration

concludes, officials said.

A car show

on Saturday that goes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will also have food and other

booths available. Live entertainment will be provided by Music Express

on both Friday and Saturday. Line dancing, a trolley tour around town,

old-fashioned games for the kids, an art show and a quilt show are some

of the other happenings.

It's a little

bit of old and new the last weekend in September for the citizens of Palmetto.

You won't be denied admission if you show up in a new pair of jeans, but

there isn't any other time you can stroll up and down the avenue and gawk

at all the newfangled marvels