The Freestone County W.L. Moody Reunion Grounds have been used for reunions, celebrations, and remembrance of U.S. war veterans since 1891. The grounds were named for Col. William Lewis Moody, who organized Co. G of the 7th Texas Infantry, C.S.A., in Freestone County. An Ex-Confederate association formed in 1890 and began meeting at this site in 1891, and in 1892 the veterans group became part of the United Confederate Veterans Organization as W.L. Moody Camp No. 87. By 1896, the group had obtained the deed to the grounds from the Moody family. Veteran families erected brush arbors for a three-day encampment that included speeches, concerts, musicals, and dances, and the reunion began with the firing of the Valverde cannon, which now sits at the courthouse. Attendance reached as many as 8,000 people from surrounding communities. As more of the old soldiers died, the Confederate reunions ended by 1933. In 1947, the Moody family designated the grounds as the W.L. Moody Camp, Memorial Park and placed them under the supervision of the city of Fairfield as a memorial to veterans of all U.S. wars. In 1951, the grounds were used for the Fairfield Centennial Celebration, the Freestone County Boys Club, and the Livestock Show. Area families continue to gather there during the county homecoming, fair, and rodeo week, and since 1991 the W.L. Moody Memorial Park Campsite Association has helped the city maintain the family campsites and encourage the community spirit of the historic reunions.