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Old
Falls Village Presents Their Annual Civil War Encampment 2009
Saturday July
18 and Sunday, July 19! For more information call (262) 250-3901
or 262-252-4662
Experience
life as it was for the troops and civilians during the Civil War!
See how an authentic Civil War Cannon is fired. Watch as the battle
unfolds before your very eyes.
Come
talk with Mary Todd Lincoln (Saturday.) Review the troups, both confederate
and union. See weapons drills, cooking demonstrations, & enjoy story
telling. Explore Civil War memorabilia, partake of food, entertainment
& more.
Historic buildings
are open all day, Saturday and Sunday.
Event will be
held, rain or shine!
Admission: Adults
$5, Children Ages 6-14 $3, Children under 6, Free.
| SATURDAY,
JULY 18: 10:00 - 5pm
10:30 Infantry
Drill
11:30 Artillery
Drill w/cannon fire by the Battery
12:30 Fashion
Show by Historical Timkeepers (Gazebo)
1:00 Recruit
Drill w/Quaker (wooden) guns (Union Camp)
1:30 Pickets
Posted
2:00 Battle
Re-enactment
3:00 Speaker:
"Mary Todd Lincoln" (Gazebo)
4:00 Civil
War dancing by West Side Victorian Dancers (Gazebo area)
Also:
Camplife & demos at various
camps. Historic buildings open all day. |
Food and Beverage On Site
Old Fashioned Kettle Corn
"...but one of them would
make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept
war rather than let it perish, and the war came." Abraham Lincoln, 4 March
1865 |
SUNDAY,
JULY 19: 10:00 - 4pm
10:30 Infantry
Drill
11:00 Artillery
Drill w/cannon fire by the battery
11-3:00 Regimental Volunteer
Band of Wisconsin (Gazebo)
12:30 "Dressed
for Victory; What women wore to do it all." Sisters of the Compass Rose.
(Gazebo)
1:00 Recruit
Drill w/Quaker (wooden) guns (Union Camp)
1:30 Pickets
Posted
2:00 Battle
Re-enactment
3:00 Speaker:
Fred Murphy (Gazebo) "The Sultana - a Forgotten Civil War Tragedy."
Also:
Camplife & demos at various
camps. Historic buildings open all day. |
Coming events: Halloween Family Fun Night
on October 23 & 24, and Silver Tea on December 6.
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