LEIGHTON – The re-enactment of a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still next month will cap off a day of events to commemorate the 193rd anniversary of the LaGrange College and Military Institute, Alabama’s first college.
Recall LaGrange’s Distillery Raid on the Mountain offers a day of living history events, Civil War displays and demonstrations, arts and crafts, musical entertainment and more. The event is May 6.
Recall LaGrange’s Distillery Raid on the Mountain features a period-correct living history centering on a Prohibition Era raid on a suspected moonshine still. A group of lawmen will descend on the pioneer village of LaGrange and will engage in a brief skirmish with the locals. The skirmish is slated for 2 p.m.
The day-long event offers other important historical accounts, Civil War collections and fun activities for the family.
The Alabama Bicentennial Table once owned by Sen. Charles Tait, who prepared the bill that was used for Alabama statehood, will be on display and there will be art/crafts demonstrations, wagon rides to historic LaGrange Cemetery, food vendors, antiques and fragments of period moonshine stills on display.
The pioneer and log buildings will be open for tours, living history presentations will be ongoing and there will be tours of Dawson Distillery.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted at the gate for up-keep of the historic park and cemetery.
Distillery Raid on the Mountain takes place at the LaGrange College site in Leighton. It is eight miles southeast of Muscle Shoals, off Highway 157 at 1491 LaGrange College. For more information, call 256-446-9324 or click here.
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