The Second Annual Fort Lincoln Freedom Fest will be held on Saturday April 28th, 2012 at the Prairie County Community Center in DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas located on the White River in Prairie County. We will have period reenactors and historians doing programs in the morning and afternoon. There will be a period musket that festival goers may fire and as well as period games throughout the day.
Many Union Civil War units rotated between DeValls Bluff, Brownsville, & Little Rock, Arkansas. Those groups were: Infantry: 54th Ill, 61st Ill, 62nd Ill, 106th Ill, 126th Ill, 12th Mich, 3rd Minn, 29th Iowa, 57th USCT. Cavalry: 2nd Mo, 8th Mo, 11th Mo, 10th Ill, 9th Iowa. If your ancestor served and you would like to come for a visit, please do.

Four cannons will be doing a firing display and there will be Civil War displays with various period items. There will be food, arts and crafts, inflatables for children and much more! There will be other festivities leading up to the event in April!

#On Saturday April 14th at the Prairie County Community Center the first Miss Fort Lincoln Freedom Fest beauty pageant will be held. It's a natural beauty pageant that will have nice prize packages for the winners who will represent the Fort Lincoln Festival.

#There will be a Civil War Gala on April 21st at the old DeVall's Bluff gymnasium. It will be an elegant period attire or formal attire dinner catered by Stanley Young of Murray's Restaurant. There will be a silent auction with awesome wares and dancing from that era. There will be live entertainment and Karen Duffey of St. Louis, a professional reenactor with over 30 years experience, will lead anyone interested in period dancing. It's an exciting month!!!

In case you do not know, DeVall's Bluff which is in Prairie County, a short distance from the interstate and approximately 50 miles east of Little Rock on old Hwy 70, housed approximately 20,000 Union troops. Plus there was an office of the Freedman's Bureau located there during Reconstruction. Everything about the place is historical.

Today, it is more known for being the sleepy little town it is, Craig's barbecue and two great pie shops. But that sleepy little town will come alive in April, so come be part of the celebration. The welcome mat is out, so feel free to come. Everyone is invited.
Any questions or to sign up as a vendor for FREE...call 870-659-5652..Stacy Sawyer