Civil War Day
May 16, 2008 - 2:01PM
JOURNAL-COURIER STAFF
Jacksonville, Illinois
More than 200 seventh graders participated in Jonathan Turner Junior High School’s annual Civil War Day Friday.
From 8:30 a.m. to just after noon, the students rotated through seven sessions of re-enactment, storytelling and hands-on history to learn what life was like almost 150 years ago.