In this week s episode, Editor Gary Castor chats with Don Hentges, Jefferson City Veterans Council president and Wreaths for Heroes chairman, about Wreaths for Heroes, an annual event where volunteers place wreaths on the graves of veterans at Jefferson City National Cemetery.
The Cole County Fairgrounds, before the Civil War, were southeast of the city limits. What today is the tree-lined Wagner subdivision was once the site of community picnics, Independence Day and Emancipation Day celebrations and horse racing.