Lamoni’s Annual Civil War Days is the largest and best-known annual regional cultural event in southern Iowa and northern Missouri
and it presents a multi-faceted, period-authentic representation of the American Civil War era.
Located conveniently on Interstate I-35 precisely at the Iowa-Missouri border, this event is easily accessed from Des Moines, Kansas City, and Omaha.

This festival draws living historians primarily from the Iowa-Missouri-Nebraska region.
The primary goal of Civil War Days is to provide the living historian, the period trades person and the Civil War reenactor communities
with an unusually supportive venue for demonstrating their respective hobbies.
And all this takes place in a spacious lakeside setting in rural south central Iowa farm country.

Lamoni's Annual Civil War Days brings history alive, is Admission & Parking-Free, Family-Friendly,
and provides an experience you and your family will talk about for a long time.
And you are invited - and don't forget to bring your cameras, your lawn chairs, and your sun screen.

2007 Civil War Days photograph "Lamoni Lincoln" awarded Best Photo at 2008 Iowa State Fair

Civil War Days attracts Living Historians from throughout the Midwest, primarily from Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.
These Hearty Souls conduct extensive research and portray both civilian and military impressions
in order to provide the 21st Century public with a glimpse of our ancestors' lives.
They are the event.