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Witnessing the past

PHOTOS COURTESY CHERI FRY The largest mounted Civil War reenactment in the Midwest takes place in Jacksonville Community Park June 20-22. Watch soldiers drill and prepare for battle, fix meals, practice medicine and enact major battles. There will also be Friday night entertainment, an exhibit to honor war veterans, rides in WWII trucks, 1850s vintage […]

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Prairie play

Learn about the past at the Grierson Days Celebration, June l4-l6, in Community Park, Jacksonville. The l8th annual Civil War reenactment features battles, camps, exhibits of veterans and World War I and II, and the Korean and Vietnam War, children’s learning stations, vendors and more. See a vintage baseball game on Saturday, go for a […]

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Rare old time

The Grierson Days Celebration June l6-l7 in Community Park, Jacksonville, is recreating the capture of Newton Railroad Station on Grierson’s famous l6 day raid through the South. The l7th annual Civil War re-enactment takes on an entirely new look this year with the addition of Dr.  Karl Luthin’s KeleQuine Productions providing unique battle field set […]

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