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Every year for five days ending on Labor Day, Mount Pleasant hosts the Old Threshers Reunion. Power is on display every day at the reunion, whether it is horse power, steam power, gas power, or wood power. Every day at noon a Cavalcade of Power Parade showcases every type of power on display.

Daily demonstrations show how the power is used whether well drilling, threshing, corn shelling, or straw baling.

But the reunion is about more than power. Various museums feature old-fashioned printing techniques, quilting, theater, old cars, and more.

The reunion grounds open every day at 7 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. except Monday when they close at 4 p.m.

For more information and a full list of activities, visit the Old Threshers Reunion website or get a glimpse of different facets of the reunion in the images below.