Yellow River Festival organizer Eric Anderson alerted the Plymouth Board of Public Works members Monday night that more intense weapon demonstrations will occur during this year’s festival as WWII information is available to festival goers.
Yellow River Festival to Feature History
History will come to life during this year’s Yellow River Festival in Plymouth this weekend. According to organizer Eric Anderson, reenactors will portray Abraham Lincoln and Johnny Appleseed and they will be available to answer questions about historic events pertaining to their era of life. Anderson said other reenactors will be among the crowd.
“We’ll have the earliest Indians. We have LaSalle coming in this year who is the first French explorer from Europe and we’ll have reenactors through World War II. We are all volunteers and they come in and they share their history of their times. Everybody that you see wants to talk to you about their era. They want to share with you,” explained Anderson.
Expanded Yellow River Festival Celebrates Indiana History
Travel back in time this weekend at Plymouth’s River Park Square during the annual Yellow River Festival. President Eric Anderson says this year’s event has been opened up to reflect Indiana’s rich heritage in conjunction with the state’s bicentennial. It will span 1940 through 1940. Continue reading