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History Lessons

the music starts: “America the Beautiful.” A group of about 100 people has gathered in the Faust Park Historic Village, a collection of 20 old buildings behind the park's Butterfly House, playground, and carousel. The buildings date from 1840-1910, and they give a peek at what life was like for the early

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