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All Articles Archives - August 2023

Labor Day Parade

Published August 25, 2023 Submitted by: Renee

The 1953 Labor Day Parade featured an estimated 1,000 people including the Meat Cutters No. 536, the Women's International Union Label League and the American Federation of Grain Millers.

Rountree House

Published August 11, 2023 Submitted by: Renee

The Springfield Fire Department burned down the one-hundred-year-old Rountree Home as a training exercise. This cleared the future building site for Springfield's first public housing project.