National Tom Sawyer Days

Voted one of the best Family Festivals in the United States!

54th Annual National Tom Sawyer Days

Thursday July 2nd through Saturday July 4th, 2009

 

2009 NTSD will be held near the new Hannibal Cavemen baseball field.  Click the following link for a map showing the location - NTSD Tanyard Gardens.  Details will be released as they are finalized.

From the National Fence Painting Contest to a Frog Jumping Contest to Live Entertainment at Tanyard Gardens, National Tom Sawyer Days is for the young and old at heart. Visitors from all over the world come to experience the history of Hannibal, through the eyes of Mark Twain.  You can check out one family's experiences from the 2002 National Tom Sawyer Days by clicking the following link - The Goza's at NTSD.  Link will open in a new window.  Be sure to check out the rest of their site.  It is very good and has other stories about Mark Twain and Hannibal.

Click on a link at the top of the page for more information about that event, including pictures and results of that event.  The booklet link will open an Adobe Acrobat pdf file in a new window.

If you can't find the information you are looking for on an event page, go to the 2009 chairmen for a list of contact names, phone #s and e-mail addresses.