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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Brooms sweep Arcola festival

Brooms sweep Arcola festival

Tony Garcia makes a broom at last year’s Broom Corn Festival in Arcola. Garcia was using broom making machines from 1848. Nora Maberry/On the Verge

    Brooms sweep Arcola festival

    Only in Arcola is there a festival where people compete as they sweep a maze with a hand-made broom.

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