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A reunion with 140 years of tradition continues to bring back military veterans and families. It's called "The Soldiers and Sailors Reunion" in Erie, Kansas.
A parade was held to honor all military personnel across the country. Organizers say it's the longest running reunion in America that is sponsored by military veterans. Civil War veterans started the event by getting together on the banks of the Neosho River and preparing beans.
"Through the years, they moved it into Erie and the veterans that had the pots started donating them to us, and so the celebration started and stayed here and has been going ever since," says event coordinator Jack McGowen.
Every year, the reunion is held the second weekend of July.
Two very special Neosho County women are approaching an amazing milestone. They're both turning 107 in the coming weeks.
More >>Two very special Neosho County women are approaching an amazing milestone. They're both turning 107 in the coming weeks.
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More >>A Southeast Kansas man is free on bond following a shooting in rural Galena Thursday afternoon. According to Cherokee County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to residence for woman being shot. The shooting happened after a verbal argument with a 28 year old male. Before deputies arrived to the scene the female was taken to a Joplin hospital where she was treat for non-life threatening injuries.
More >>A Southeast Kansas man is free on bond following a shooting in rural Galena Thursday afternoon. According to Cherokee County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to residence for woman being shot. The shooting happened after a verbal argument with a 28 year old male. Before deputies arrived to the scene the female was taken to a Joplin hospital where she was treat for non-life threatening injuries.
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