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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
1215 PM
Contact AmyHerdman, Historic Preservation Commission, 5741235-9798
Mikki Dohski, City of South Bend, 5741235-5855 or 5741876-1564
History, Heroes, & Hijinks
October 29
Bring a flashlight for an illuminated tour of the good and the notorious at
historic South Bend City Cemetery, on Monday, October 29! View the grave of our
17th Vice President, the final resting place of a South Bend patrolman killed by
John Dillinger's gang, the final interment of a Revolutionary War veteran and one
of South Bend's founding African American families, and learn the story of
Coquillard's Folly.
The tour, which begins at 6:00 p.m., will be conducted by Travis Childs,
Director of School Programs for the Northern Indiana Center for History. Please
note for safety, participants are notpermitted to wear masks or costumes of any
kind.
History, Heroes, &Hijinks is sponsored by South Bend Parks & Recreation,
the Northern Indiana Center for History, and Daughters of the American
Revolution Schuyler Colfax Chapter. The event is part of South Bend City
Celebration 2007, a yearlong festival of events and programs held on the 29th of
every month to showcase all that our community has to enjoy. Locales include the
Pierre Navarre Cabin at Leeper Park, the Muessel-Ellison & Ella Morris
Greenhouse & Conservatories, Howard Park Ice Rink, St. Joseph Co. Public
Library, the College Football Hall of Fame, Northern Indiana Center for History,
more -