Commemorate the Civil War’s Sesquicentennial This Weekend

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Commemorate the Civil War’s Sesquicentennial This Weekend

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Elizabeth

The National Park Service hosts Civil War Weekend on Saturday and Sunday

The National Park Service hosts Civil War Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, August 13-14. This year’s weekend has even more importance as it is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.

Living historians will re-enact a day in the life of soldiers garrisoned on the Island in August 1863 during the conflict. There are a wide range of activities planned over the two days. Visit the Soldiers Camp and speak to soldiers about what it was like to be a part of their unit during the war, witness confederate prisoners being marched to Fort Jay under guard, bring your kids to special kids activities and dress in costume and learn about the men and women of the Civil War period, listen to lectures by rangers and historians and take in a “base ball” game of living historians and NPS rangers!

Activities run from 10:30 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM on Sunday. So come out and celebrate the Island’s rich history with the National Park Service!

Filed under: Upcoming Events Tagged: | Civil War Weekend, NPS

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Linkage: Madison Square Statues Buffed; 2030 Plan for Staten Island Shore - The Broker Buddy, on August 10, 2011 at 10:15 pm said:

[...] at St. Paul’s [City Room] · Broker real talk on the Aria in Park Slope [FiPS] · Civil War LARPers commemorate the sesquicentennial on Gov. Island [Governor's Island Blog] · Photo update on Manhattanville demolition [Harlem + Bespoke] · [...]

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J J SULLIVAN, on August 10, 2011 at 11:55 am said:

Civil War in NYC

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Brummpa, on August 9, 2011 at 10:22 am said:

You meant 1863, of course.

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- Elizabeth, on August 9, 2011 at 2:16 pm said:
  
  Oh yes! Thank you for catching!
  
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