City Newspaper Archives - 8/2008
SPECIAL EVENT: East Bloomfield History Days (8/9-8/10)
Published by Dale Evans on Aug 06, 2008
It's easy to understand our desire to preserve and protect items of historical significance. What's not so palatable is our odd inclination to view the morbid, like passersby who slow down to peek at a freak car accident, or people who collect serial killer cards.
This weekend, amongst a great many more savory events, the East Bloomfield Historical Society offers up a distastefully intriguing bit of yesteryear. The 36-starred wool flag used to mop up the blood from President Abraham Lincoln's fatal head shot at the Ford Theater will be on view Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., to ew and ah over. It's a sideshow bargain at $3.
Also on the menu, and in conjunction with the Holloway House's 200th anniversary, are dramatic reenactments, a Civil War monument rededication, a dinner, and Tea with Mrs. Lincoln. For tickets and the full schedule go to ebhs1838.org or call 657-7244.
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The East Bloomfield History Days happen Saturday and Sunday, August 9-10.
