Davis County Old Soldiers and Settlers Reunion
One of Iowa's oldest continuously held community reunions, Drakesville's Old Soldiers and Settlers gathering in tiny Davis County keeps alive a Civil War-era tradition of communal remembrance and rural fellowship.
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