All Aboard for Casey Jones Day and the Hobo Festival! Schedule of Events
Posted April 6th:
All Aboard for Upcoming April Events:
All Aboard for Upcoming April Events:
Casey Jones Village Hobo Gathering
Friday and Saturday, April 25th and 26th, 2008
Schedule of Events:
Friday, April 25th, 2008
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Meet & greet with the Hobos at the Museum
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Hobo Entertainment
7:00 pm - Opening Ceremony at the Hobo Campfire in the Village Green
Salute to the Winds ceremony
Hobo Entertainment around the Campfire
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
11:00 am - Memorial Ceremony at the Casey Jones' Gravesite
Mt. Calvary Cemetery Jackson
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Meet and Greet with the Hobos at the Museum
2:00 - 3:00 pm - Hobo Entertainment
3:00 pm - Little Hobo Contest/ Group Photo
3:30 pm - Hobo History
4:00 pm - Train Song Sing-a-long
7:00 pm - Hobo Campfire with Hobo Entertainment
Casey Jones Day
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Celebrated annually on April 30th, the date
of Casey Jones' famous last ride in 1900
Schedule of Events:
Free admission to the Casey Jones Museum all day
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
10:00 am - Casey Jones Story - Told by Casey Jones
Museum Historian Norma Taylor
Museum Historian Norma Taylor
11:00 am - Screening of the Casey Jones Movie DVD
1:00 pm - Casey Jones Story - Norma Taylor
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Meet and Greet with Casey Jones' Descendants!
Nancy Howse- Casey Jones' Granddaughter
Pat Jones - Casey Jones' Great Granddaughter
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Musical entertainment - Railroad songs with the Googe Family
We will also be introducing new exhibits to the Museum, have a display of Casey Jones' art and have door prizes.
We hope you can come by and celebrate with us!
We hope you can come by and celebrate with us!
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