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SUMMARY:Surrender Commemoration & Freedom Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:The American Civil War Museum is hosting a series of activities and programs as part of the regional celebration of the Commemoration of the Surrender & Freedom Day. Visitors can look forward to a fun-filled day with cannon firings\, interactive sessions with living historians\, and informative sessions about the lives of soldiers\, civilians on the homefront\, and enslaved and free African Americans during the Civil War. \n\n\n\nWe hope you will join us on April 12th and 13th at ACWM – Appomattox! \n\n\n\nSaturday: \n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – Federal and Confederate Encampments Open\n\n\n\n10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Cabin Open: (Interpretation provided by the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society)\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – “In the nick of time”: U.S. Army of the James Arrives on the Field \n\nLocation: Cabin Field\n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – “Boys\, get up\, the rebs are on us”: The Fate of the 11th Maine Infantry \n\nLocation: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n4:00 PM – Stacking of Arms\n\nLocation: The Garland Gray Terrace behind Museum\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday: \n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – Federal and Confederate Encampments Open  \n\n\n\n10:00AM – 3:00PM – Cabin Open: (Interpretation provided by the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society)\n\n\n\n10:30 AM – Civil War Sunday Service with a USCT Chaplain\n\n\n\n11:00 AM – Cannon Firing Demonstration  \n\n\n\n11:30 AM – “Hold the enemy in check”: Captain Wilson Jenkins Makes a Last Stand\n\nLocation: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n12:30 PM – Life of a USCT Chaplain with Joseph Feaster\n\n\n\n1:00 PM – Cannon Firing Demonstration \n\nLocation: Portico off the Robertson Family Education Center    \n\n\n\n\n\n1:30 PM – Stacking of Arms \n\nLocation: The Garland Gray Terrace behind Museum \n\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM – “A King’s Cure” Lecture with Michael Vorenberg\, Ph.D. \n\nSeparate registration needed or included in Museum ticket!\n\n\n\nLocation: Robertson Family Education Center \n\n\n\n\n\n3:00 PM – Cannon Firing Demonstration \n\nLocation: Portico off the Robertson Family Education Center  Location: Cabin Field \n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 PM – Life of a USCT Chaplain with Joseph Feaster
URL:https://acwm.org/event/surrender-commemoration-freedom-day-celebration/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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