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  • Lost Tribes Preservation Update

    Hi All,
    The funds to Athens Battlefield have been sent. The grand total raised by the participants of Lost Tribes, and the folks who were so good to donate items for the raffle netted a grand total of $1,215.00, and that's in a poor economy! Thanks goes out to Holler and Silvana for putting this event together, without their hard work there would be no preservation funds. Thanks to all who came and supported the event, and raffle; there would be no preservation funds.
    I anticipate more $$ for a final total, when that happens I'll post the final numbers.
    On an additional note, this State Historic Site doesn't have any descriptive signs explaining the battle. The donation it is hoped will go towards this. If you are looking for that year end tax deduction, I'm sure they would welcome additional donations.
    Thank you,
    Robert Gobtop
    Robert Gobtop
    Ol Sipley Mess
    ONV
    Proud Member of the S*** A** Platoon BGR

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    Re: Lost Tribes Preservation Update

    Athens needs our support! When giving to battlefield preservation do not forget about this gem in NE Missouri. Especially those of you living in Missouri, Iowa or Illinois. To many times we forget about places in our own back yard.



    Battle of Athens State Historic Site is a place of peace and serenity. Its historic buildings, tree-studded landscape and mile of Des Moines River frontage make the site a perfect place to hike, picnic or camp. But today’s peace belies the site’s history as the place where the northernmost battle fought west of the Mississippi occurred, when about 500 Union soldiers repelled
    Nathan Hellwig
    AKA Harrison "Holler" Holloway
    "It was the Union armies west of the Appalachians that struck the death knell of the Confederacy." Leslie Anders ,Preface, The Twenty-First Missouri

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