You're Invited: Dedication of James Dean Birth Site to City of Marion Share

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You’re invit­ed to the ded­i­ca­tion of the James Dean Birth Site to the City of Mar­i­on on Sat­ur­day, Feb­ru­ary 8^th, 2025 at 1pm at the James Dean Birth Site Memo­r­i­al at 410 S. McClure Street, Mar­i­on, Indi­ana.

The loca­tion is a pock­et park between Train Sta­tion Pan­cake House and Best One Tire across from the Mar­i­on Munic­i­pal Build­ing. On-street park­ing is avail­able on McClure St., and addi­tion­al park­ing is avail­able at City Hall (301 S. Bran­son St). The cer­e­mo­ny will take place out­doors, but will be brief (about 15 minutes).

Sig­nif­i­cant­ly, this Feb­ru­ary 8^th, fans from around the world will cel­e­brate James Dean’s 93^rd birth­day.

Dean was a Hol­ly­wood icon born in Mar­i­on and raised in Fair­mount (both locat­ed in Grant Coun­ty, Indi­ana), but his life end­ed trag­i­cal­ly on Sep­tem­ber 30^th, 1955, in a car acci­dent near Cholame, Cal­i­for­nia, when he was 24 years old.

Still renowned as a leg­end around the world, Dean is known for his three films: East of Eden, Giant, and Rebel with­out a Cause.

There are many attrac­tions in Grant Coun­ty in his honor…one of which being the James Dean Birth Site Memo­r­i­al pock­et park in Marion.