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Luck be a Ladybug

April 22, 2012 10:00 pm • Last Updated: April 22, 2012 10:54 pm

A ladybug crawls along the keys of an antique Hazelton Brothers Square Grand Piano inside the Gov. Duncan Mansion in Jacksonville, Ill. on Saturday, April 14, 2012. The mansion, which is owned and operated by the Rev. James Caldwell Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was open for a special discussion about Gov. Joseph Duncan and the War of 1812 by Illinois College student Alyssa Gerhardt.

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