{"id":299146,"date":"2026-05-27T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=299146"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:43:49","slug":"decoration-day-1883-court-house-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=299146","title":{"rendered":"Decoration Day 1883 Court House May 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1883StutsmanCountyCourthouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1883StutsmanCountyCourthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1883StutsmanCountyCourthouse.jpg 455w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1883StutsmanCountyCourthouse-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1883StutsmanCountyCourthouse-265x175.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <strong>1883 Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site<\/strong> in Jamestown will hold a <strong>Decoration Day ceremony at 2 pm Saturday, May 30<\/strong>, in the court room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This free, family-friendly tribute will feature a brief history of Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, and the 1884 formation of the Jamestown William H. Seward Post No. 65 of the Grand Army of the Republic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will conclude with a performance by the Jamestown Drum &amp; Bugle Corps. This event is part of the ND250 commemoration celebrating our country\u2019s 250th birthday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>1883 Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site<\/strong> is home to a unique hands-on exhibit about civics and local government. It is North Dakota&#8217;s oldest surviving courthouse and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more information, contact Outreach Coordinator<strong> Stephan Zacharias, shs1883courthouse@nd.gov or 701.328.1883. Located at 504 Third Ave<\/strong>. SE, Jamestown, the 1<strong>883 Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site<\/strong> is managed by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The site is <strong>open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 am-5 pm, and will be open daily May 23-Sept. 7, 9 am-5 pm<\/strong>. Find more programs sponsored by the State Historical Society at history.nd.gov\/events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse State Historic Site in Jamestown will hold a Decoration Day ceremony at 2 pm Saturday, May 30, in the court room. This free, family-friendly tribute will feature a brief history of Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, and the 1884 formation of the Jamestown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":299147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299148,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299146\/revisions\/299148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/299147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}