NEW CASTLE – The 155th annual G.A.R. Bean Dinner will take place on the customary third Sunday in August, Aug. 21, at McElwee Park in New Castle. The church service will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies with flag raising at 10:45 a.m. by Mohawk Valley 4-H club.
Food will be available, drive-through or sit down, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Menu includes specialties as soup beans cooked over an open fire in iron kettles, cornbread, potato salad, shredded chicken, ham or hot dog sandwiches, pie and bottled water. Boxed price will be $10 per meal which includes soup beans and cornbread or baked beans, potato salad, sandwich, pie and drink.
Live music by Brad Fuller from 12-1 p.m. The Walhonding Rube Band will perform 1-2 p.m. There will also be a presentation given byy Dave Snyder representing Walhonding Valley Museum.
The Grand Army of the Republic Bean Dinner is held annually in commemoration of the Charles C. Nichols Post, formed in 1867 to support the widows and orphans. Today we donate to the veterans emergency fund. Historically, the Bean Dinner was held on the Nichols Farm west of New Castle. On bequeath of McElwee Park to the community over a hundred years ago, the commemoration was transferred to its present location.
Contributions will be greatly appreciated and are used for park upkeep.
Come – dine in or pick up food – remember our veterans and families.
Contact Karen (Allen) Locke at 740-824-3792 with any questions.
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