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Every Labor Day weekend, the Heritage Festival celebrates the history and mountain culture of Union County in downtown Blairsville, Georgia.
Food vendors: BBQ, kettle corn, homemade ice cream, tomato sandwiches, etc.
Music all weekend
Civil War re-enactors
Demonstrations on quilting, spinning, basket making, chair canning
Farm animals - mule, oxen, calf, hog, goats, and a turkey
Gold panning, Marble shooting, Story telling
1861 Payne Cabin, guided tour & cooking on the fireplace hearth
Tour the 1906 Mock-Butt House, restored to when electricity (1930s)
Fireworks display and the $1000 raffle ticket drawing for the evening of
Saturday, August 31
in celebration of Labor Day.
Date and Time
Saturday Aug 31, 2013
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Saturday, August 31st 9 - 5pm
Fireworks at dusk
Location
The Mountain Life Museum (one block south of downtown)
25 School Street
Blairsville, GA
Contact Information
Union County Historical Society @ 706-745-5493