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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Sponsoring organizations set up event site.  Early campers welcome to come and set up camp.  Wood, Water and Straw will be available. Reenactors are encouraged to do scenarios in the village on Thursday & Friday.  Some downtown specials may be available from merchants and restaurants.

Friday, September 21, 2011

9:00am to 2:00pm  School Education Day.  Local Schools sending classes to tour interpretive stations.  Volunteers to guide students and man stations needed!  Please contact us if you are willing to help!

We also will be attempting to recreate an 1862 recruitment rally with the school students and volunteer reenactors.  Please contact Terry Parker if you wish to participate.

10:00am – 10:00pm  Registration Open  Camps set up  

6:00 PM till 9:00 PM -- Reenactor Buffet Supper at the United Methodist Church Hall on Park Circle. (Please Bring your own plate/utensils)

9:00 PM – Meeting for reenactors wishing to help with living history interpretive stations for Boy Scouts or for downtown scenarios – at HQ Building (Grange Hall).  There will be several scenarios for units or individuals to choose if they wish to participate in scout program or downtown program, or bring your own demonstration or scenario. 

11:00PM – All Quiet please. 

Saturday, September 22, 2011

8:30 -9:00AM – Reenactors man living history stations and Reenactor guides prepare for scouts

9:00 AM -- Event opens.  Camps open to the public. 

9:00 AM to Noon Living History in camps and on Main Street  (Boy Scout groups and the public will be touring camps and stations learning about the Civil War)   Volunteers from re-enacting community wishing to assist in interpretive stations or as guides for scout groups are needed  

10:00 AM – Officer’s Call – Grange Building

11:00 AM – Drill Practice, all units, all branches. 
We will be doing a recreation of an 1862 Recruitment rally in the Park Circle.  All Union units are encouraged to drill in the Park Circle area.        

12:30PM – All units assemble for safety inspections

1:00PM  -- 1861 Battle scenario—Part I—Based on the 1861 battle of Kessler’s Cross Lanes in WV. 1:00 PM – Battle -- Downtown Historic District.

2:30 PM – 4:00PM  Ladies’ Tea at Location to be announced (Angelica Inn is closed)

2:30 - 3:00 – Scout Battle on old School Field (reenactor volunteers to help direct scouts welcomed).

3:30PM – 4:00PM  1861 Battle scenario—Part II—  On old school athletic fields.

5:00 -- Camps close to the public.

7:00 – 10:00 PM Dance with “City Fiddle” at Grange Hall

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Conservation Club Pancake Breakfast served at Legion.  All you can eat pancakes & maple syrup $6

9:00 AM  --  Camps open.

10:00 AM  -- 1860s Church Service,  Location TBA   

Noon to 12:30PM – Parade – downtown (Scout Awards presentations at end of parade)             Gettysburg Address

1:00 PM – All units assemble for safety inspection

1:00PM – “Voice from the Civil War” Presented by Eileen Patch.  Grange hall building.

1:30 PM  -- 1862 Battle Scenario -- In the Downtown Historic District

2:00 PM  till --   Living history, public tours camps.

2:30 PM Presentation of the 1812 Overture by the Houghton College Orchestra – Park Circle  We are attempting to include reenactor cannon fire for the finale.

4:00  PM -- Event closes to the public.

Notice This event is held in residential areas of the Village and on private property.  Please observe all local regulations and be considerate of our hosts.  Quiet hours are 11:00PM each night. Please stay quiet after this time. Remember, homeowners are allowing us to use their property, and some reenactors have long drives ahead of them on Sunday.

YOU ARE ASKED TO REMAIN IN PERIOD PERSONA AT ALL TIMES WHILE THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT, INCLUDING ANY EVENING ACTIVITIES.