Bean dinner planned for Aug. 21
The 155th annual GAR Bean Dinner will take place Sunday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at McElwee Park in New Castle.
The church service will be held from 9:30-10:30 a.m., and the opening ceremonies and flag raising will be at 10:45 a.m. by Mohawk Valley 4-H Club.
Food will be available from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., drive-thru or sit down. The menu includes soup beans cooked over an open fire in iron kettles, cornbread, potato salad, shredded chicken, ham or hot dog, sandwiches, pie and bottled water. The boxed price will be $10 per meal, which includes soup beans, cornbread or baked beans, potato salad, sandwich, pie and drink.
Brad Fuller will provide live music from noon to 1 p.m., and the Walhonding Rube Band will perform from 1-2 p.m. Dave Snyder also will be there representing the Walhonding Rube Band.
The Grand Army of the Republic Bean Dinner is held annually in commemoration of the Charles C. Nichols Post. It was formed in 1867 to support the widows and orphans of war. Today proceeds from the dinner are donated to the veterans emergency fund. Historically, the bean dinner was held on the Nichols Farm west of New Castle. On bequeath of McElwee Park to the community over a hundred years ago, the commemoration was transferred to its present location. Contributions are used for park upkeep.
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