The fair will replicate fundraisers which supported Civil War soldiers' health and their families. It is a new event planned for the re-enactment, set for May 20-22 on Sunbury's village square.

In 1864, the US Sanitary Commission hosted the Great Central Sanitary Fair of Philadelphia — an event organized to raise funds for soldiers’ aid during the Civil War.

Re-enactment of a fundraiser dance is likely to be one of many events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. ... "The Sanitary Fair of 1865 was a huge event," Connolly said.

The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality The Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history.

U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION (Cleveland Branch, see also SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO) was organized 20 Apr. 1861 to provide aid and medical care for soldiers during the CIVIL WAR.The Cleveland ...

At the time, “sanitary commissions” were something like the Red Cross — civilian volunteer groups providing health care and other support to Civil War soldiers. In Chicago, the sanitary fair ...

The Mississippi State Fair is a long-running tradition. It’s actually 164-years-old, predating the Civil War.Vera Mooney, 84, has grown up with the state fair.“I have been here every year since I was ...

The Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair opened on May 17, 1864, in a temporary building in the middle of 12th Street (Tucker Boulevard). It ran for a month and raised $550,000.