Ready for the encampment this weekend? Check out the schedule: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 9:00am: Flag Raising and Call to Colors 10:00am: Pie Eating Contest for kids to be judged by Morrgan Sweeney-Charlton (pop-up tent outside) 11:30am: “Civil War Artifacts” with Don HuRt (Garden Room) 12:30pm: “Civil War in Literature” by Bob Duffy (Garden Room) 1:30pm: “Letters, Horses, and Cigars” presented by General Ulysses S. Grant (garden Room) 3pm: “Liberty is Our Motto: Songs & Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers” presented by Steve Blunt (Garden Room) After Sunset: Lantern Tour of Camp with Bob Duffy ALL DAY: Cannon Demonstrations every hour on the hour from 9am - 4pm Spinning and Lace Demonstrations Children’s Games Military Drills Suttler’s Tent Penny Candy Sale Table by the Friends of the Library Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 10:30am: A Speech about the Emancipation Proclamation given by Philip Chatwin as Abraham Lincoln (Garden Room) 11:30am: “The Homefront” by Bob Duffy 12:30pm: Growing Up Lincoln, presented by Philip Chatwin as Abraham Lincoln (Garden Room- to be followed by a children’s craft) 1:30pm: “The General’s Horses” presented by General Ulysses S. Grant (outside) 2:15pm: “The Execution of the Notorious Spy Willy Tappet” (outside) 2:30pm: A presentation of Civil War art panels by Frank Ford (Garden Room) ALL DAY Cannon Demonstrations every hour on the hour from 12 Noon - 3pm Spinning and Lace Demonstrations Children’s Games Military Drills Suttler’s Tent
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:58 +0000