Laclede Pershing Days

A belated Thank You to Everyone who played a part in making Pershing Days 2020 happen!!! Whether you were one of our 110 advertisers in our book, one of our over 120 patrons, were one of our great vendors, helped with the flag raising, provided entertainment, or worked on of our special activities- Thank You! We couldn’t have done it without all those listed above! Back in July when we chose the cover for our book, we had enough to community support and felt like We Can Do... It! By the God’s Grace, the clouds parted and we had a beautiful day! One of my favorite weeks of the year is the week before Pershing Days when we are in the park practicing for Black Jack Theatre and the town of Laclede is busy mowing their yards and getting spruced up for our big weekend. With all the rain that week, I really missed that, but in the end it didn’t matter. Our yards were a little shaggy and the rain and Covid kept us from doing this quite like we had in the past, BUT... it didn’t matter. We had a perfectly imperfect day! And then we were able to complete the weekend with a wonderful community worship service on Sunday morning!!! Thank you to everyone who ventured here from out of town to join us in our annual salute to Gen. Pershing and a HUGE THANKS to Becky and Shawn Smith for everything they did - you really can’t even imagine the hours they put in to make this happen! Under Becky Smith’s leadership - We Did It and we look forward to seeing everyone in 2021!

Here is the 2020 Pershing Day Play.

Thank you for letting me play a part in the celebration! A giant thank you to all who made this event happen !!!!!!! (John Thomas-Sound)

Our community is blessed to have been able to have Pershing Days this year. Let’s join together in prayer and praise to worship in the park this morning at 11:00 am!

Come support Pershing Days Root beer floats, Tupperware, purses, bags, makeup, Essentials Oils, kettle corn, Church’s, clothing booth, and Pershing Days Concession stand.