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 In
February, President Abraham Lincoln accompanied
by the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Regiment Company "C" of the Union Army,
will arrive in San Juan Capistrano.
President
Lincoln will be accompanied by several
Union Officers, their ladies and an escort
detail of soldiers. The Presidents entourage
will be met at the San Juan Capistrano
Train Station by the, 116th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry Regiment Company "C",
a local Union Army Civil War re-enactment
group. The President will deliver a speech,
and visit the Historic Los Rios District,
the Mission at San Juan Capistrano, and
the Historic Town Center Park.
 During
President Lincoln's visit to the Mission
at San Juan Capistrano, he will settle
the differences between the United States
Government and the former landowner Don
Juan Forster who had purchased the Mission,
in 1845. Don Juan Forster lived at the
Mission for 20 years.
 Come
and enjoy a day of Living History in the
oldest town in Orange County. The events
begin in the late morning and continue
into, the late afternoon. All of the re-enactors
will dress in authentic period clothing
with weapons of the era. Children may
have their parents take photographs with
the President, Federal Troops and the
participants.
 The
public is invited to walk with the President
and the Union Army through town and view
all of the activities of the President
and Army along with Cowboys and other
re-enactors.
This
event is Co-Sponsored by the San Juan
Capistrano Chamber of Commerce and the
116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Regiment Company "C".
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