MANSFIELD — The sights and sounds in South Park were a bit unusual Saturday. Men wore breeches and tricorne hats while women donned ankle-length dresses and corsets. Smoke circled around tiny campfires. The echo of hammer striking steel and 18th century musket fire rattled through the trees. American Heritage Days had returned. The annual event […]
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American Heritage Days returns to South Park on Oct 4
MANSFIELD — The Richland Early American Center for History invites you to discover life in the early America during the 18th and 19th century from living historical re-enactors. Take a step back in time and experience history as it comes alive! There will be speakers, musket demonstrations, 18th century blanket traders, Indian artifacts and old […]
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REACH seeks volunteers ahead of American Heritage Days
MANSFIELD — Kevin Wappner’s fellow volunteers call him the “baby” of the group. He’s 62. For 14 years, the volunteers behind the Richland Early American Center for History (REACH) have worked to preserve local history. They rolled up their sleeves to help reconstruct the Mansfield Blockhouse in South Park. They followed it up by erecting a […]
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Food Truck Friday leads into Heritage Days at South Park
MANSFIELD — The weather is downshifting on the thermometer, and the leaves are beginning to change. Those are sure signs that Heritage Days at South Park are upon us. Food Truck Friday began the festivities, with the 7th Annual American Heritage Days taking place on Saturday, Oct. 7 and Sunday, Oct. 8 in South Park, […]