Community Free Day

06/19/2010 10:00am - 5:00pm

Free admission to the Museum galleries for all visitors!

Sponsored by: Amtrak

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Join us for a fun-filled day of activities for the whole family, while enjoying free admission to the Museum!

Ongoing:

Lee's Lieutenants and the Federal Generals Corps encampment

Jim Beeghley traveling through the galleries dressed as a civilian with a fife

Victorian children's games

Make your own ragdoll

Children's activity table - learn about signal flags

  • 11am-3pm Book Signing with Bob O'Connor - "The Perfect Steel Trap: Harpers Ferry 1859"
  • 11am Firing demonstration and presentation by the Federal Generals and Lee's Lieutenants
  • 11:30am Use of Plants & Herbs in the Civil War with Thompson's Battery C
  • 12:00pm Get Recruited! with Thompson's Battery C
  • 12:30pm Songs & Stories of the Civil War with Matthew Dodd
  • 1:00pm Firing demonstration and presentation by the Federal Generals and Lee's Lieutenants
  • 1:30pm Mary Todd Lincoln presentation with Melissa Rabinsky
  • 1:30pm Civil War baseball
  • 2:00pm Harriet Tubman presentation with Dr. Daisy Century
  • 2:30pm Artillery presentation with Thompson's Battery C
  • 3:00pm Firing demonstration and presentation by the Federal Generals and Lee's Lieutenants

All activites are weather permitting and subject to change.

There will be food and drink available for purchase courtesy of Classic Cuisine from 11-3pm.

 

The National Civil War Museum
One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park
Harrisburg, PA 17103
(717) 260-1861
(717) 260-9599 fax
Regular Business Hours
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 12pm-5pm