| “ | Why wouldn't I be here? Bonnie deactivated the Gilbert invention, Isobel is gone and it's Founders' Day! I'm here to eat cotton candy and steal your girl. | ” |
The Founders' Day Celebration is a yearly event in Mystic Falls. In 2010, the town celebrated the event's 150th anniversary. The town itself (Mystic Falls) was founded in 1860. Preparations for the celebration begin a few months in advance. The event took place in the Season One episode, Founder's Day.
There were a few decorated floats:
- Marching Band.
- Miss Mystic Falls and her court (Elena and Caroline, with escorts Stefan and Matt).
- Reconstructed Battle of Willow Creek by Alaric Saltzman (Jeremy and Tyler).
- Football team.
Later on that evening, Mayor Lockwood held a speech for the 150th anniversary and the fireworks started. Carol Lockwood was in charge of the floats and announced them as they passed by.
Also, the device was activated during the 150th celebration, after the Founders' Council got wind of a rumor that the tomb vampires were planning on killing the Founding Families in retribution for their ancestors trapping them in the church for 145 years. Once the vampires (and werewolves) were incapacitated by the device, the sheriff's deputies injected the vampires with vervain while the townspeople were setting off fireworks. Unfortunately, Mayor Lockwood, who, unbeknownst to him or his immediate family, was an untriggered werewolf, was also affected by the device and ultimately died after a vervained vampire killed him in the basement of the Gilbert medical clinic.
Novels
This event also took place in the novels, specifically The Struggle. In the novel, Caroline wanted to publicly read Elena's diary to have Stefan arrested and to humiliate Elena. Elena was chosen to be "Soul of Fell's Church."
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