The Starke County Historical Society will dedicate the Lincoln Funeral Train Historical Marker at the former Little Company of Mary/Holy Cross grounds in San Pierre on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. CST.
Railroad Township Trustee, Mandy Thomason will dedicate the former LCM/HC ground as Tierney Park, in memory of John Tierney. Tierney is the San Pierre resident who donated the land for the Little Company of Mary complex, as well as successfully stowed away on Lincoln’s funeral train as a teenager, ultimately ending up in Springfield, Illinois for President’s Lincoln’s funeral.
Thomason will also dedicate the Little Company of Mary Sand Prairie that resides in Tierney park.
Speakers will include Alice Dolezal of the Starke County Historical Society, Mandy Thomason, Charlie Adams of WKVI radio, and Derek Luchik of the Nature Conservancy.
Please join us as we celebrate these new additions to Starke County’s heritage.
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