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| Eagle Appreciation Days | Enjoying one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles, Keokuk celebrates the third weekend in January with staffed observation areas, spotting scopes, hourly seminars featuring live bald eagles, lectures, exhibits, films and other special events. | Civil War Reenactment | Named Iowa's Tourism Event of the Year four times and also named one of the top 100 Events in the United States, Keokuk's award-winning reenactment of the Civil War's Battle of Pea Ridge is held annually the last full weekend in April. Events are held six blocks from the Grand Anne in Rand Park and include a band concert, tea and style show, military ball, pancake breakfast, memorial and church service, campfires and two battle reenactments. Free of charge. | City of Christmas | Rand Park also plays host to over 100,000 lights and 100 displays by local artist and volunteers. Approximately 30,000 vehicles pass through the park each December to view the spectacle which is free of charge. | Lock & Dam 19 & Hydroelectric Plant | The hydroelectric plant, lock and dam on the treacherous Des Moines Rapids were an engineering marvel when constructed in 1913. The lock was replaced in 1957 by the 1200 foot structure seen today. Visitors can watch boats lock through 24 hours a day and tour the hydroelectric plant. | George M. Verity Riverboat Museum | The Verity, one of the first steamboats to move barges on the Mississippi, is open (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) daily Memorial Day through Labor day and Friday through Sunday during April, May, September and October. | Samuel F. Miller House Museum | Open Friday through Sunday (1-4 p.m.) from Memorial Day through Labor Day or by appointment, the museum provides the opportunity to see the elegant home a Supreme Court Justice appointed by Abraham Lincoln. | Grand Theatre | This 1920's opera house in downtown Keokuk has been lovingly restored to its original grandeur and is used for live entertainment, conventions and other events. Tours are available; call 319-524-5599. | Nauvoo, Illinois | The largest historic preservation site in the Midwest, this small American village offers more than 20 restored homes and businesses from the 1840's along with a magnificent Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reconstructed in 2000-2001 as a replica of the original which overlooks the historic area. Rudy Maxa ("The Savvy Traveler") has referred to Nauvoo as one of America's best kept secrets and has described the setting as follows:
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