09.27.2008 8:00 am
Past to Present Festival today in Harrisburg, Ill.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The annual Past to Present Festival gets underway at 9 a.m. today at the Saline County Fairgrounds on Route 34 North of Harrisburg in southeast Illinois.
Today’s activities include daylong entertainment, craft booths, a flea market, petting zoo, wagon rides, food of all kinds, heritage demonstrations and The Farm, for children 4 to 10.
The price is right, a buck a car load.
The festival continues tomorrow. The washer-pitching contest is at 2 p.m. Sunday, and costs $3 to enter.
Harrisburg is about a three-hour drive from St. Louis. Head east on Interstate 64 to Interstate 57, then south to Route 13 just north of Marion. Harrisburg is east on 13, about 20 miles.
Call 1-618-252-5255 for information.
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