Casey Jones Day Festivities April 28th!
Posted by Casey Jones Village at 3/28/2012 3:05 PM 
Categories: Music, Gift Shoppe, In the News, Old Country Store, Casey Jones Museum, Events
Categories: Music, Gift Shoppe, In the News, Old Country Store, Casey Jones Museum, Events
Casey Jones Day
Plans Announced
(Jackson, TN) All aboard for family fun as Casey Jones Village prepares to celebrate Casey Jones Day on Saturday, April 28th. Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum is offering free admission to all guests that day. Festivities will include guest experts on telegraphy and model railroading, children's activities, drawings for door prizes and more from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Jackson Area Plectral Society, dedicated to preserving old-time string music, will be entertaining with live music throughout the Village during the day. In conjunction with Casey Jones Day, Art in the Village will be hosting a Celebrate Art festival with local artists and artisans throughout the day at the gallery.
This year Brooks Shaw & Son Old Country Store celebrates 47 years in business. The local landmark first opened in April of 1965 at 514 Poplar (now Airways) and has since been enjoyed by millions of guests from around the globe. The Old Country Store is dedicated to preserving Southern history. It is the mission of the Old Country Store to save the historic treasures of our past and the South's rich culinary heritage for future generations.
Casey Jones' famous last ride took place almost 112 years ago on April 30th, 1900. Jones, a railroad engineer for Illinois Central, was headed toward Vaughan, Mississippi on his new route from Memphis when another train stalled on the track ahead. Staying at his post, he heroically saved the lives on all of his crew and passengers on board and his was the only life lost. An engine wiper named Wallace Saunders set Jones' actions to song and the eventual popularity of the "Ballad of Casey Jones" made Jones a world wide folk hero and legend.
Casey Jones Village is located at I-40 exit 80A on the Highway 45 By-pass at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. It includes the Old Country Store, Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum, the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village, Music Highway Crossroads, Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre, the Wellwood country store, Providence House, the Village Church, the Judge Milton Brown Railcar, Land Office Realtors, Wildlife in Wood Studio, Casey Jones Mini-Golf and the Tourism Association of Southwest Tennessee Tourist Information Center at Casey Jones Museum. For more information and a full schedule closer to the event date visit www.caseyjones.com. To learn more about the Jackson Area Plectral Society visit http://jacksonareaplectralsociety.webs.com/.
Casey Jones Village is located at I-40 exit 80A on the Highway 45 By-pass at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. It includes the Old Country Store, Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum, the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village, Music Highway Crossroads, Casey Jones Village Amphitheatre, the Wellwood country store, Providence House, the Village Church, the Judge Milton Brown Railcar, Land Office Realtors, Wildlife in Wood Studio, Casey Jones Mini-Golf and the Tourism Association of Southwest Tennessee Tourist Information Center at Casey Jones Museum. For more information and a full schedule closer to the event date visit www.caseyjones.com. To learn more about the Jackson Area Plectral Society visit http://jacksonareaplectralsociety.webs.com/.
See Museum photographs below.
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