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Contact:  Lynn Smolizer 717-260-1861 Ext. 1108

 THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM
          ANNOUNCES 2ND ANNUAL M&T BANK COMMUNITY FREE DAY

 Harrisburg, PA (January 3, 2008) - M&T Bank has graciously agreed to sponsor a community free day at the Museum on Saturday, Februrary 16, 2008, which coincides with President's Day weekend.  Free admission to the Museum will be available to all visitors, courtesy of M&T Bank.

                                                Schedule of Events:

1:30pm-3:00pm   Book signing with Dr. David Downing, author of A South Divided:  Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy; lecture at 1:00pm

11:am-1:00pm       Artifact table and discussion with Mrs. Constance
                                Clowers as Julia Grant

11:00am-4:00pm   Long Hill String Band will be performing various Civil
                                 War era tunes at 12pm & again at 2:30pm.  They will
                                 also be discussing their music and instruments.

1:00pm-3:30pm     Civil War Period Games presented by Thompson's
                                 Independent Battery C.

1:30pm                    Lecture with Mr. James Hayney as
                                 Mr. Abraham Lincoln

2:00pm                   Civil War Infantry Lecture with Ken Quattlander, a
                                member of Thompson's Independent Battery C.

The National Civil War Museum is an educational 501(c)(3) institution dedicated to preserving Civil War history, located in Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, PA.  The Museum's seasonal hours of operation are: Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Museum is open 7 days a week April 1 through Labor Day.  Admission to the Museum is $8.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors, and $6.00 for students.  For more information, please call 717.260.1861, or visit the Museum's website at www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org.  

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