Edwardsville Days
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Edwardsville Days is held during the Spring month of April, this festival is formally AutumnFest, which was held in September. We've been celebrating Edwardsville for just over 20 years and continue to have a wonderful festival each year. The annual festival features fireworks, live music, BBQ contest, rides, craft booths and bingo. Family event, 10am - 10pm.
Edwardsville Days
Phone : 913-441-3707 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : info@bsedwchamber.org
Web: www.bsedwchamber.org/
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Main Parade Ground
The main parade ground was originally the center of post activities. Post reviews and parades were held here during negotiations with federal officials in the 1800s.
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Built in 1841 as the residence of the post sutler, Hiram Rich, who supplied the troops with such "nonissued items" as tobacco, writing paper, and whiskey.
Fort Leavenworth, KS Famous HomesNational Cemetery
Designated a National Cemetery by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 along with eleven others, military graves date back to 1846. Today, more than 20,000 veterans representing every war since 1812 are buried in the cemetery. Two soldiers from Operation Desert Storm were interred here in 1991.
Fort Leavenworth, KS CemeteriesBarth Hall and the "Beehive"
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Fort Leavenworth, KS Historic BuildingsOregon and Santa Fe Trails
In the 1830s, settlers heading for the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails crossed the Missouri River at this point. Teams of oxen pulled the loaded wagons through the "cut " in the hillside you can still see today.
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