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 […]
Richland Early American Center for History
Posted inLife and Culture
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 […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Unsung heroes and a peek into the past: Civil War event returns to South Park
MANSFIELD — Marie Tepe’s husband wanted her to stay home and manage his shop when he enlisted into the U.S. Army. She didn’t listen. Tepe instead followed her husband’s unit in the Civil War and became a vivandiere, selling spirits and tobacco to soldiers. Many women participated in camp life, supporting the soldiers by cooking, […]
Posted inLife and Culture
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 […]
Posted inArea History
Mansfield’s South Park celebrates Johnny Appleseed’s 250th birthday
MANSFIELD —The Richland Early American Center for History (REACH) welcomed families to South Park on Saturday to celebrate John Chapman’s 250th birthday with a myriad of festivities and historical artifacts.
Posted inArea History
Gallery: Civil War Living History Days draw crowds at Mansfield’s South Park
Photos and videos from Sunday during the first Civil War Living History Days at South Park in Mansfield. The free weekend event, sponsored by the Richland Early American Center for History, provided presentations on topics ranging from Civil War-era music to military life and early photography. Visitors could meander through the camp, take in the historical […]
Posted inLife and Culture
Civil War Living History Days comes to South Park June 8 & 9
MANSFIELD — Most of the historical reenactments at Mansfield’s South Park have been focused on the United States’ Revolutionary War period. But the Richland Early American Center for History is bringing a new era to life in June. The first Civil War Living History Days is scheduled for June 8 and 9. The free event […]
Posted inNews
Civil War Living History Days coming up June 8 & 9 at Mansfield’s South Park
MANSFIELD — Valerie Hamill did more than tell Mansfield City Council about a planned Civil War “living history” event coming up at South Park. Dressed in a hoop skirt from that era in American history, the woman from Galena, Ohio, made the upcoming two-day event come to life in council chambers. She did it by […]