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When:
September 21, 2017 @ 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
2017-09-21T11:00:00-05:00
2017-09-21T22:00:00-05:00
Where:
Central Park, Downtown Mason City
Central Park
Mason City, IA 50401
USA
Central Park
Mason City, IA 50401
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Great River City Festival is a celebration of Mason City’s history, and commemorates the robbery of First National Bank, which was help up by a band of seven Chicago gangsters that included John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. Armed with Tommy guns and .45-caliber handguns, they made off with $52,000 took 13 hostages – all of whom were later released – and wounded at least two people. Narrated re-enactments of the famous robbery take place at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm, with refreshments available onsite, and other activities throughout the two-day event.