LEIGHTON-The reenactment of a law enforcement raid on a moonshine still will take place the first Saturday in May at the LaGrange College Site Park located in Leighton. Set for May 1, 2022, Recall LaGrange’s Distillery Raid on the Mountain offers a day of living history events, Civil War displays and demonstrations, arts and crafts, musical entertainment and more. The event commemorates the 191st anniversary of the LaGrange College and Military Institute, Alabama’s first college.
While the highlight of the event is the prohibition era raid on a moonshine still, the day-long event offers other important historical accounts, Civil War collections and fun activities for the family. The Alabama Bicentennial Table once owned by Senator Charles Tait who prepared the bill that was used for Alabama statehood will be on display and there will be art/crafts demonstrations, wagon rides to historic LaGrange Cemetery, a petting zoo and food. The pioneer and log buildings located in the park will be open for tours where festival goers can check out a recently restored 1840 cotton gin. 
The Observatory will be open for Star Gazers. Also, there will be tours of the near-by Dawson Distillery during the day.
This event is free to the public but donations are always welcome to help with the upkeep of the park. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and parking is free.
Distillery Raid on the Mountain takes place at the LaGrange College site located in northwest Alabama, 8 miles southeast of Muscle Shoals, off Highway 157. The physical address is 1491 LaGrange College Road, Leighton, Ala. For more information, visit www.lagrangehistoricsite.com or call Louise Lenz with the LaGrange Living Historical Association at (256) 446-9324 or Event Chairman Ben Carpenter at (256) 577-4477.
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