Beall's 100-year anniversary

Bradenton-based Beall's Inc., corporate parent of Beall's Department Stores and Beall's and Burke's Outlet Stores, turns 100 years old in 2015.The milestone has been marked with multiple celebrations and ceremonies. That includes a 100-year documentary, four years in the making, that premiered in May at the Manatee Performing Arts Center; a mural of the first day at the first store painted on the wall of the downtown building that housed the original Beall's; a proclamation of a Beall's Day from Manatee County commissioners; and a new historical marker, near the first Beall's on Old Main Street, that details the founding and anniversary.