This you cannot miss: Wax Museums about the Underground Railroad in Cass County and about an 1847 Kentucky slave raid, coming in early June 2018.
The Wax Museums will be held June 6 and June 13 at the Bonine House, on M-60 and Penn Road, in Vandalia, The Bonine House is thought to have been a place where those escaping slavery were “sheltered” as they sought freedom, according to the Underground Railroad Society of Cass County.
The Wax Museum events are:
* June 6, from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.
* June 13, 10:30 a.m.t 12 noon
At both events, historical characters and event ‘come to life.’
At the June 6th event, fourth-graders from Mrs. Riggins and Mrs. Bonine’s classes at Portage’s Lake Center Elementary School will perform.
Students from Cassopolis High School present the June 13th event, “The 1847 Kentucky Slave Raid.” The raid occurred in August 1847, when 13 slave catchers from Kentucky came to Cass County to find “investments” they’d heard might be living among the Quakers there. Slaverunners Wright Modlin and William Holman Jones had been visiting Bourbon County, in Kentucky, returning with enslaved people.
There will be three performances on the half hour. Guests are invited to tour The Bonine House while they wait.
For more information, contact The Bonine House at 269.320.8532; learn more about the Bonine House at https://www.urscc.org/the-bonine-house.html.