Happy 88th Deathday, John Henry!
88 years of being dead!
The great John Henry has been dead for 88 years. Let's celebrate his life!
John Henry's deathday!
Wednesday, Sep 16, 2015, 09:00 AM
Big Bend Tunnel, West Virginia 3, Hinton, WV, United States
Party Schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:15-funeral celebration
9:30-gifts for John (gifts will be placed by grave)
9:40-games
10:20-lunch
11:20-cake & ice cream & cupcakes
11:50-documentary about John Henry's life
12:35-crafts
1:55-writing your own story about John's life
2:25-books go to judges (Slue Foot Sue, Sourdough Sam, and Polly Ann)
3:35-prizes to best boy & girl author, best book, most interesting book, & most creative
4:00-everyone writes a song
5:00-songs go to judges
5:30-prizes go out (same as last time)
6:15-Paul Bunyan sings the best songs (dinner & more desert at this time)
7:15-a dance around John's grave
7:30-guests leave
Cake!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ice Cream!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROCKY ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hammers!
Email: jhenryfans@gmail.com
Website: johnhenryfans.com
Location: 12948 Dig a Tunnel Lane
Phone: 101-581-4258
Facebook: facebook.com/JohnHenryFans
Twitter: @johnhenryfans
GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone gets their hammer and digs to the finish line against everyone else, or.................................DIE TRYING LIKE JOHN HENRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PIN THE HAMMER ON JOHN HENRY!
Every one gets a blind fold with their hammer in their hand. They get spun around and try to get their hammer in the life-size statue of John Henry's hand! Whoever gets the closest wins and is crowned John Henry's BFF!
TOY TRAIN CONTEST!
Everyone gets a set of toy train tracks, only they are LIFE SIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They have 10 minutes to make a track. Davy Crockett then gets real live trains and puts them on the tracks. Whoever has the best track wins!
TRAIN RACE!
Everyone gets a turn to race a train. Whoever gets the best distance between them and the train and stays in the lead, wins!
WHACK-A-NAIL!
Every one gets a board with 9 nails that you need to pound in. You get your hammer and pound the nails in. But be careful! The nails will keep popping up on you, so you will need to be quick! Whoever gets all 9 nails to stay in for 5 seconds first, wins!
Menu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Hammerburgers
- Nail Fries
- Track 'N' Cheese
- Tunnel Cake
Hammerburgers and Nail Fries
Track 'N' Cheese
Tunnel Cake
Wish List!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 500-pound Hammer
- Nails
- Train-track set to go around his grave (make sure that it looks like the Big Bend Tunnel)
- Mine cart
- Rocks