Liberty Days Parade Set for Friday, October 20th

Bloomfield, Missouri - The 2017 Liberty Days Parade is scheduled for Friday, October 20, 2017.  

Participants and floats are needed to make this a successful parade in Bloomfield.  You can pass out candy and flyers while walking the parade route.

Line-up is 5:00 p.m. and the parade will begin at 5:30 p.m.

The parade route is from Bloomfield High School to the Bloomfield City Park.

Please call (573) 568-2055 or email stripes@newwavecomm.net for information and to register.

The Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield, Missouri will host their 5th annual Liberty Days event on Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This is a free, family-friendly, and educational event featuring a living military timeline.

This year's timeline will represent the conflicts during which the Stars & Stripes was printed from the Civil War to the modern era.

They are also including in the timeline displays related to pre-colonial, colonial and the American Revolution.

History professors from Southeast Missouri University, re-enactors, educators, veterans, and others will be presenting.

There will also be an 18th century kitchen, a Civil War skirmish, a WWI medical station, and a WWII encampment with military vehicles.

They will also host veterans from the Korean, Vietnam, Cold War, Gulf War, Kosovo, and other time periods.

You will be able to meet veterans who experienced the conflicts first hand, taste foods from an 18th century kitchen, interact with re-enactors, receive a guided tour of the museum and more. The Stars and Stripes Museum is more than a display of military and newspaper artifacts. It is unique among the nation's museums. There is no other museum in the United States dedicated to the history of America’s military newspaper. With over 7,000 square feet of attractive exhibits, visitors see American history from a different perspective.

Vendors will be at the event. There will be burgers, corndogs, fried potatoes, drinks, and a variety of treats for all tastes.

For more information contact the Stars and Stripes Museum/Library at (573) 568-2055.