Red House Interpretive Center plans July events

Thursday, June 29, 2006

* 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday -- The Sons of the American Revolution will display 27 period flags in front of the Red House. Representatives of the Bear Track Trading Post from Anna, Ill., will fire a brass, half-scale Napoleon cannon on the Red House grounds and demonstrating function, proper loading and firing. They will show how to make loads, different projectiles and explain the use of each projectile.

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