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SUMMARY:Cannons & Cocktails
DESCRIPTION:Let’s celebrate a great summer in Appomattox with a cannon salute! Join us for a special event with cannon firing demonstrations\, live music by Daniel Kepel (the Singing Violinist) \, light snacks\, and a taste of 19th century Artillery Punch! Beer\, wine\, and soda will be available for purchase. \n\n\n\nEnjoy a fun-filled Friday night in historic Appomattox at the American Civil War Museum! \n\n\n\nCannons and Cocktails is a 21+ event and proof of age will be required at the door.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/cannons-cocktails/
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:"Yankees In the Hill City" Book Talk at ACWM-Appomattox
DESCRIPTION:With three railroads and the James River Canal passing through the city\, Lynchburg\, Virginia\, was a major confederate hospital center and supply hub during the American Civil War. However\, a much less explored aspect of the city’s history is its transit prisoner of war camp that was located at the Fair Ground between 1862 to 1865. \n\n\n\nJoin us on Thursday\, August 14th\, as Dr. Clifton W. Potter\, author and Professor of History\, Emeritus from the University of Lynchburg\, presents on his most recent book\, “Yankees in the Hill City: The Union Prisoner of War Camp in Lynchburg\, Virginia\, 1862-1865.” The lecture begins at 6:00 pm\, followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing by Dr. Potter. Copies of “Yankees in the Hill City” will be available for purchase in the museum shop.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/yankees-in-the-hill-city-book-talk-at-acwm-appomattox/
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:A King’s Cure: Abraham Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment
DESCRIPTION:On February 1\, 1865\, the day after Congress passed the resolution for the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery\, a group of celebrants urged President Lincoln to speak on the occasion. Calling the amendment “a King’s cure for all the evils\,” Lincoln saw it as essential not just to ending slavery but to truly concluding the Civil War. \n\n\n\nMichael Vorenberg is the author of Final Freedom: The Civil War\, the Abolition of Slavery\, and the Thirteenth Amendment—a finalist for the Lincoln Prize and a basis for Spielberg’s 2012 film\, Lincoln. He has written extensively on legal and constitutional history and teaches at Brown University in Providence\, Rhode Island. \n\n\n\nHe has lectured widely on the Civil War\, Lincoln\, and the U.S. Constitution\, with writings in major publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/a-kings-cure-abraham-lincoln-and-the-thirteenth-amendment/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T090000
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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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SUMMARY:The Surrenders of the Confederacy
DESCRIPTION:The Confederate surrender at Appomattox featured the stacking of arms\, the surrender of colors\, and the review of troops—a noble and orderly ceremony that has captured the American imagination for 160 years. But Appomattox was only the beginning of the end. Beyond Virginia\, the Confederacy surrendered in bits and pieces\, in a series of scattered events marked by confusion\, chaos\, and controversy lacking all of Appomattox’s romance and reconciliation. The last flag down wouldn’t even come until November. Join us for a trip to places American history has forgotten: Bennett Place\, North Carolina; Citronelle\, Alabama; Galveston\, Texas; Doaksville\, Oklahoma; and more. \n\n\n\nPresented by Dr. Chris Mackowski\, co-founder of Emerging Civil War
URL:https://acwm.org/event/the-surrenders-of-the-confederacy/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:Death & Mourning in the Civil War
DESCRIPTION: The American Civil War brought a previously unimaginable level of carnage to the country. Modern scholarship puts the soldier death toll at 750\,000 over the course of the four years of struggle. Join us as living historian Betty Shideler explores the way that women\, both in the North and South\, sought to cope with death during and after the Civil War.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/death-mourning-in-the-civil-war/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:Rosenwald Schools
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Appomattox for Equality\, Carver Price\, and the Robert Russa Moton Museum\, ACWM presents this special program with a presentation by Andrew Feiler about his book A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald\, Booker T. Washington\, and the 4\,978 Schools that Changed America\, for which he photographed 105 schools and interviewed dozens of former students\, teachers\, preservationists\, and community leaders in all fifteen of the program states. The event includes a panel discussion featuring area experts delving into the history and importance of education to Black Virginians. \n\n\n\nPanelists:  Leah Brown\, Associate Director of Education & Collections\, Robert Russa Moton Museum: Joetricia Humbles\, Lead Agent\, Appomattox for Equality; Lew Longenecker\, CumberlandMiddle School Educator; Monroe Preston\, Glade Spring (Rosenwald) School pupil 1957 – 1964; Darlene Reed\, Vice President\, Carver Price Alumni Association.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/rosenwald-schools/
LOCATION:ACWM Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, VA\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241207T100000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Open House in Appomattox!
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URL:https://acwm.org/event/holiday-open-house-in-appomattox/
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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SUMMARY:"Now We Stand By Each Other Always" - a performance in three acts.
DESCRIPTION:Rudely Stamp’d Historical Impressions presents “Now We Stand by Each Other Always” November 14th at the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox Court House. \n\n\n\nThis three-act play features a series of conversations between Genls. Grant and Sherman over the course of the Civil War.  These conversations take place at key moments in the war and demonstrate the evolving friendship between the men – Vicksburg\, MS in 1863\, Cincinnati\, OH in 1864 and City Point\, VA in 1865. \n\n\n\nHeroes of the Union war effort\, Grant and Sherman were unlikely friends with dramatically different personalities.  Grant\, ever stoic\, was quiet\, reticent and almost shy.  Sherman\, on the other hand\, was manic\, nervous\, fidgety and intense.  Despite these differences\, the men forged a friendship in the fire of war and led the Union’s armies to ultimate victory.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/now-we-stand-by-each-other-always-a-performance-in-three-acts/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T160000
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SUMMARY:Fall Festival at ACWM-Appomattox
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendar for October 26th and Fall Festival at ACWM-Appomattox! Join us for a fun-filled day of local music\, pumpkin painting\, dancing\, wood carving\, blacksmithing\, hearth cooking\, and of course\, cannon firing demonstrations throughout the day. Food\, vendors\, history partners & programs. \n\n\n\n11am program: ‘The Battles of Appomattox: The Final Fury & the Last to Die’ with Appomattox Courthouse National Historical Park historian\, Patrick Schroder \n\n\n\n2pm program: Award-winning poet Lisa Samia shares poems and historical accounts from her series ‘The Nameless and Faceless of the Civil War’.
URL:https://acwm.org/event/fall-festival-at-acwm-appomattox/
LOCATION:American Civil War Museum – Appomattox\, 159 Horseshoe Rd\, Appomattox\, Virginia\, 24522\, United States
CATEGORIES:Appomattox Events,Family-Friendly,For Educators,For Students
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