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Four of the people attending the inaugural Lincoln Victory Ball in February 2011 dance to period music at the Vandalia Moose Lodge. This year's ball is next Saturday evening, with a Civil War Memorial Service and Lincoln's Birthday observance the next day.
Second Lincoln Victory Ball is next Saturday

Picture this – It is a brisk mid-winter evening in Vandalia in the year 1861.
The town square around the state capitol building, usually quiet at this hour, is alive with sounds of horse-driven carriages, spoken greetings, conversations and the laughter of men and women.

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