October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal Civil War buffs who want to immerse themselves in the details of history have a great opportunity to participate in the drama and tragedy of John Brown’s Raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry by signing up for a Nov. 7 “Adventure in Time” workshop on the 1859 attack by Brown and fellow abolitionists.
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal It’s time for “Mommy and Me” Wednesday at the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus. This new program allows mothers with toddlers an opportunity to meet other mothers for activities and socialization for the kids.
The museum is hosting this program the first Wednesday of every month with hands-on activities, art, music, games and [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal With the help of a little mortar and some dedication, a group of volunteers braved the rain on Thursday, to help restore a piece of history in Marshfield’s Pioneer Cemetery.
Toppled and broken headstones aren’t a new site for volunteers, but they have been working for years to help repair them.
And on Thursday, they installed the [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal My way or the highway is not the attitude Virginia intends to bring to the Civil War’s 150th anniversary parties starting in 2010.
Your way gets the honors. That means many new perspectives gleaned from letters, diaries, historians and the land itself form the foundation for four upcoming years of Civil War sesquicentennial special events.
Virginia’s the [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal The Manassas Museum will host a local poet inspired by area history during an “Author’s presentation and book signing” on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Katherine Gotthardt, the author of “Poems from the Battlefield,” will read from her work and discuss the local historic sites that have influenced her work.
The book captures unique aspects of the Civil [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal Bad lighting, “hooliganism,” thieves on the prowl: These are what plague the African American Civil War Memorial on U Street, a National Park Service-managed site that is in dire need of upgrades, its leaders say.
Congress has come through with a little help. Conferees wrestling with the $32 billion Interior Department and environment budget included $220,000, [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal It is not surprising that “Union” Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis who commanded the Department of Kansas is 1864 would state that, “The idea of “PRICE” being anywhere IN MISSOURI IS MONSTROUS! To those Missourians of the “northern persuasion” and there were a great many during the Civil War this was true! However, to those [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal University of Cincinnati Professor Mark A. Lause will explore the links between radicalism, reform and racialized interactions among blacks, Indians and whites against the backdrop of the American Civil War during a lecture Tuesday at Elgin Community College.
The free lecture will be from 11 a.m. to noon in the Advanced Technology Center Auditorium on the [...]
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal Tickets are available now for the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Bentonville re-enactment, which is expected to bring about 30,000 people to North Carolina next March.
More than 3,500 re-enactors are expected to participate in the event, which will be held March 20-21 at the battlefield located near Four Oaks.
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October 30, 2009 | Posted by javal This weekend, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park will be a battlefield full of hundreds of warriors from Utah, Arizona, California and Nevada.
And, no, they won’t be fighting about health care.
The Southern Nevada Living History Association will be hosting its fourth-annual Civil War Days in the Battle Born State and Southwest Invitational Reenactment.
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