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Local History 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.

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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.

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