Bloomfield, Missouri - The 6th Corp Living History Group of St. Louis will host the 2nd annual WW II Re-enactment at the Stars & Stripes Museum in Bloomfield this weekend, October 16th - October 19th. This year displays about the Korean War will also be included. Visitors will be able to visit the camp sites and take part in the following events:
8:30 a.m. The event will open with a memorial service in the Veterans Cemetery
9:00 a.m. The event will open to the public. There is a $5.00 charge per car entrance fee
10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Holocaust survivor Ben Fainer will be telling his story in the library at the Stars and Stripes Museum. As a young boy, Ben was a prisoner for six years in six different Nazi camps and liberated by American soldiers while on a death-march in the spring of 1945. He immigrated to St. Louis with his young wife and had a successfully career in the garment industry.
10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Re-enactors will give equipment and uniform demonstrations
2:00 p.m. The Bloomfield High School Choir will perform.
5:00 p.m. The event closes to the public.
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