MANSFIELD — Perfect fall weather on Saturday morning greeted the launch of the eighth-annual Heritage Days in the city’s South Park. Sponsored by the Richland Early American Center for History, the two-day family-friendly event allows residents to see, smell and hear what life was like in America in the 1700s and early 1800s. The event […]
Benjamin Hoffman
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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 […]