History might be in the past, but the Wetumpka Depot’s Front Porch lunch program brought local history to life in the present.
Jenny Stubbs, Billie Rawls, Dennis Fain, Arthur Smith and Janice Wharton shared a stage. They all shared local history with a personal twist.
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