Film Festival: House of Many Stories – Effigy Mounds
Back by popular demand, Effigy Mounds National Monument will be hosting two more Film Festival dates this winter, showing a series of National Park films:
Sunday February 23, 1:00-3:00pm
Casa Grande: House of Many Stories
Castillo de San Marcos: A Long Legacy – An Effective Defense
Tumacacori: A Cultural Crossroads
Voyages of the San Salvador – Cabrillo’s Journey
Monday March 17, 1:00-3:00pm
A Glorious Journey: John Muir National Historic Site
Craters of the Moon: The Movie!
Wilderness of Rock: Canyonlands National Park
Shadows of the Past – Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Big Thicket: America’s First National Preserve
The film festival will be held inside the auditorium of the visitor center. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch one or all the films that will be showing. There will also be light refreshments available and an intermission halfway through the event.
Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves prehistoric American Indian burial and ceremonial mounds, including some in the shape of animals. The monument is located three miles north of Marquette, Iowa, and 22 miles south of Waukon, Iowa, on HWY 76. For more information call (563) 873-3491 ext. 123 or visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/effigymounds.
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