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16th Annual Galesburg Heritage Days Living History Festival
Galesburg, IL
309-337-3308
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August 20-22, 2010
heritagedays.com
Just imagine the excitement of attending a single weekend event featuring both a thoroughly fielded Civil War battle reenactment and encampment, and a Pre-1840 early American colonial frontier rendezvous within a short woods walking distance of each other.
Civil War activities include period sutlers, two battle reenactments, ladies tea, period fashion show, games for all children, candy cannon, pie and cake auction, Sun church service, and more. We are honored to host as our special guests, President Abraham Lincoln, author Mark Twain, General Robert E. Lee, and General Ambrose Burnside. Don't forget to visit our Pre-1840's Rendezvous, featuring over 100 period camps, and dozens of mercantile tents and food cafes.
All period reenactors, sutlers, and the public are welcome to attend. Pre-registration is requested. Gate fees from the public is prohibited, so we humbly ask our reenacting participants for a voluntary donation of $5 per person, or no more than $15 per family, which will be returned to you, or your unit as food rations for Sat. evening meal, and issue powder and caps to infantry and artillary, and cash reimbursements to the cavalry. A $25 sutler fee is required.
For more information, directions to Lake Storey Park, and online registration visit our website or visit us on Facebook at Galesburg Heritage Days Living History Festival. |
The Victorian Leisure Fair
Rome, NY
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August 21-Sept 5, 2010
www.historicfairs.com
This 6 weekend living history event will include stage performances, choral groups, instrumental groups, parades, and vendors selling food and wares. We will be focusing on the entirety of the Age of Industry and Innovation that was the Victorian Era, and all parts of Queen Victoria’s realm. This is a great event for the whole family, with reenacting opportunities for those who wish to play everything from English and Irish working class, to military, to merchants, to high society! We will have a dance floor for ballroom dancing, with a live band, a working steam train, and a canal barge being drawn down the canal by draft horses. We are still looking for reenactors for our living history environments, and performers for our stage productions (both children’s theater and Gilbert and Sullivan). Those interested can contact rene@historicfairs.com. We are also still looking for sutlers, costumers, artisans and period craft vendors, for more information email danielle@historicfairs.com Those interested in carpentry or stage craft contact vini@historicfairs.com Learn more about the fair at our website and join us in person this summer!
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Living History Demonstration
Spotsylvania, VA
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August 28-29, 2010
srcivilwar.com
Stevenson Ridge will host a Living History Demonstration on the 87-acre historic property. The 3rd Regiment Britton's Battalion will show you the life of a Civil War soldier. Come enjoy reenactments, exhibits, and tours of the property. The festivities are free and open to the public. For more information, visit the website, please. |
Battle of Bost Grist Mill
Concord, NC
See website
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September 10-12, 2010
battleofbost.tripod.com/
Please come and join Bost Grist Mill and The 30th North Carolina Troops as we join together to host "The Battle of Bost Grist Mill" the Piedmont's premier event in 2009. Bring your family and friends to see history alive. Learn about the nations past right in your own back yard. This is sure to be a fun and memorable event for the whole family.
A $50 bounty is now being offered to the first 4 full size cannons to register! |
Civil War Encampment and Living History Weekend
Prairie Creek Reservoir Park, Muncie, IN
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September 11-12, 2010
Prairie Creek Reservoir Park will host an Encampment and Living History weekend to Honor the father and sons who gave all to Preserve the Union. Home to Three companies of the famous Iron Brigade including Col. Samuel J Williams who gave his life at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864.
Firewood, Straw, Water, Restrooms, and Saturday Night Meal provided for all Reenactors.
$25 fee for all Sutlers. Period music and other period activities being planned.
To pre-register, please email Bob Patterson at bpatterson @ cityofmuncie.com [remove spaces from email address] or call 765-747-4776 from 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. Mon-Fri.
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Allison Woods Living History & Reenactment
Statesville, NC
704.873.5976
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September 17-19, 2010
www.allisonwoodslivinghistory.org
Join us as we celebrate our 9th annual event at Historic
Allison’s Woods! The 30 plus acre rolling battlefield sits amid 1000
acres of pristine woods, lakes and trails. Open fields make it a
well suited site for cavalry also. Stoneman’s troops confronted
the Allison family on this site in 1865. Convenient to I-77
and I-40, we are located 50 miles north of Charlotte, N.C.
School Days will be held on Friday the 17th. Public, private, charter
and Home Schools welcome. Last year over 1500 students attended!
Help needed and appreciated!
The weekend will be filled with various activities for young and old.
Ladies social on Saturday; Sunday morning worship service; children’s
activities; Civil War Sutlers peddling their wares; food from the Civil
War era and modern food available. Civil War battles on Saturday
and Sunday; live fire demonstration and Saturday night dance.
Powder bounties to first artillery units registered by August 15, 2010.
Normal amenities apply.
The military timeline has become very successful at this site. Reenactor
campsites are separated. WWII battles on Saturday and Sunday.
Lantern tour provided by WWII reenactors. A collection of
rare Civil War weapons and WWII, Vietnam vehicles will be onsite. |
7th Annual Civil War Reenactment and Living History Weekend
Lake Villa, IL
Bill Hartgrove
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September 18-19, 2010
www.lakevillahistory.org
7th Annual Lake Villa Civil War Reenactment and Living History Weekend at Lehmann Mansion 10:00AM-4:00PM. Family friendly event sponsored by Lake Villa Historical Society and Village of Lake Villa. Usual amenities plus the great pig roast for reenactors’ Saturday night dinner and dance, free tours of Lehmann Mansion for reenactors; flag retirement ceremony by Boy Scouts. Max and Donna Daniels as Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln. Host units: Army of the Cumberland and Camp Douglas. Union and Confederate troops, artillery, infantry, cavalry, new recruits invited. Sutlers (by invitation). For further details and Registration forms, visit our website.Registrar Bill Hartgrove, 319 MacGregor, Lockport, IL 60441 or Lake Villa Historical Society at 847 265-8266 or 847 265-8685. |
Hancock Heritage Days
Findlay, OH
419-423-4433
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September 24, 2010
www.campvance.com
(Note: Attendance by invitation only this year, the 2010 is primarily for the benefit of students). 8th Annual Hancock Heritage Days will again happen just east of Findlay, Ohio very near the original training location called Camp Vance. The 21st and 57th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiments were formed & trained here. This is a Living History and Reenactment that has battles both days. Soldiers, Cannons, Military Ball, Living History, Tactical, Food, Live Music and much more. The location of this reenactment has lots of wonderful walking trails along the Blanchard River that have the appearance of roads from the timeframe. Truly a beautiful park! This will inevitably be the best event so far! Friday will also host a school day program with hundreds of local children.
For information or directions, contact the Hancock Historical Museum at 419-423-4433 |
Battle of Marianna
Marianna, FL
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September 24-26, 2010
www.mariannareenactment.info/
Welcome to the Marianna Day reenactments. This year our program is better organized and will be more fun. We are planning a living history program, a Confederate memorial program, a reenactment on the original battlefield of Marianna, and two reenactments on the Chipola River, at Citizen's Lodge Park. We also plan to have live period music, by the 97th Regimental String Band, at a Military Ball and before each battle. So register early and plan to visit us this September.
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The Battle of West Liberty
West Liberty, KY
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September 26-27, 2010
www.battleofwestliberty.com
The event will feature Civil War re-enactors, a battle both Saturday and Sunday the event is coinciding with the West Liberty Sorghum Festival which brings in over 30,000 visitors . We will also feature period music, a Grand Ball, a ladies tea and more. Bounties for artillary and Companies above 20 muskets will be given. |
CALL FOR PAPERS
Richmond/Petersburg, VA
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October 01, 2010
www.civilwarsurgeons.org/papers.htm
18th National Conference of the Society of Civil War Surgeons, Inc.
March 25-27 or April 1-3, 2011
Any person interested in presenting a paper at this conference is invited to submit an abstract to the Dr. John T. Moss; 2580 Strasburg Road; Coatesville, PA 19320. You may also e-mail your abstract to BVVH@verizon.net Please submit tentative title as soon as possible and abstracts NLT October 1, 2010.
Any subject relating to the medical or surgical aspects of the American Civil War era [1840-1880], treatment of the sick and wounded, or relating to any of the medical personalities of the era is suitable for presentation. We would also be interested in papers that would compare medicine in the Civil War with that of the Mexican War, Indian Wars or modern day treatment. Presentations, if selected, shall be limited to 45 minutes, followed by a 5 minute question and answer period. Abstracts must be typed, single-spaced and not to exceed two typewritten pages in length. Abstracts should embody not merely a statement of a research question, but findings and conclusions sufficient to allow assessment by a selection committee.
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Battle of Fort Crawford
Hallsville, TX
1st Lt. Virgil Brown
fortcrwford1864@aol.com
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October 01-03, 2010
www.fortcrawford2010.com
We invite you to join us for the 2nd annual Battle of Fort Crawford, hosted by the 26th Louisiana Infantry, Co G, and Lane's Battery. All re-enactors and members of the public are welcome to attend. We have lots of space, trees, and plenty of amenities for reenactors, including water, hay, wood, and extra gunpowder. Events include a School Day with demonstrations and exhibits, chili cookoff, three battles, Western Days parade, dance, and church service. Please visit our website for more details, schedule, and contact information. |
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