The Van Wert County Courthouse

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025

History comes alive!

Van Wert Elementary School held its annual Civil War History Day on Monday, and students had the opportunity to hear presentations from re-enactors portraying a number of historical figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, as well as a Union soldier and a Union artillery unit (above), and also learned the dances (below) and clothes of the period. The program is coordinated by VWES teacher Dave Walker. (photos by Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent)

POSTED: 05/21/13 at 5:25 am. FILED UNDER: News