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2010
Schedule of Events
16th
Annual Student Discovery Day
Friday
09:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
10 -15 min. presentations or demonstrators
11:30
a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Lunch
12:15
p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Skirmish
12:45
p.m. - 03:00 p.m.
10 -15 min. presentations or demonstrators
21st
Annual Blackford County Civil War Days & Living History:
1861
- 1865
Please note that all presentations are subject to change and many have not
confirmed..
Saturday - Oct. 9, 2010
06:30
a.m.
Reveille & roll call
07:00
a.m.
Breakfast
08:30 a.m. Tribute to living descendants of Civil War soldiers
at the I.O.O.F. Cemeteries in Hartford City, IN and Montpelier, IN
09:00
a.m.
Battalion Drill & /Skirmishing (Pickets)
09:30 a.m. Artillery Drill & Demonstration
09:30 a.m. Medical Training School & Demonstration
09:45 a.m. The Life and Times of Gen. George E. Pickett (tent one)
09:45 a.m. The Company Singers
10:00
a.m.
Side Saddle Demonstration
10:30 a.m. United States Colored Troops and Black History Presentation
10:30
a.m.
Vintage Baseball game: Champion Hill Toppers verses Buckeyes of
Cincinnati
10:30 a.m. Picket and Skirmishing (Rotating Companies)
10:30 a.m. Civil War Era Music played by the Mossburg Strings
11:00 a.n. Parlor Games for the Ladies
11:15 a.m. Presentation: *** Mysterious Private Frank Thompson ***
11:15 a.m. Presentation: *** Life of Jefferson Davis ***
12:00 a.m. Songs of the time by Virginia Wesley and Anna Crider
12:00 a.m. Presentation: **** Gen. Grant and His Staff ******
12:45 p.m. Ladies Tea
01:00 p.m. Presentation: *** Sufficiency's of Lincoln's Accomplishments in the White House ***
01:00 p.m.
Skirmishing (Rotating Companies)
01:15 p.m. Lady's Fashion Show
01:30 p.m. Period Baseball Game: Champion Hill Toppers verses Buckeyes of Cincinnati
01:30 p.m. Side Saddle Demonstration
02:00 p.m. The Army Surgeon and his Work
02:00 p.m. Ladies and Children Fashion Show Competition: Judging in back of Tent
02:00 p.m. Presentation: *** Frederick Douglass: His Life As a Slave ***
02:45 p.m. Presentation: **** Samuel Clemens *****
03:00 p.m. Presentation: *** United States Colored Troops and Black History ***
04:00 p.m. Battle (Followed by Gettysburg Address/Grand Review/News Conference: Lincoln,
Grants, & his Generals )
04:45 p.m. Songs of the time by Virginia Wesley and Anna Crider
05:15
p.m.
Supper (for re-enactors)
06:00 p.m. Civil War Period by the Tri-County Revelers
06:00 p.m. Presentation: *** The Life of Frederick Douglass During and After the War ***
06:00 p.m. Speed Firing Competition
06:45 p.m. Presentation: *** Story Telling by Pres. Lincoln ***
07:45
p.m.
Artillery Night Firing
Indiana's largest artillery event. ***
08:00 p.m. Ladies Ball Gown Competition: Judging at the 4H Building
08:30 p.m. Civil War Grande Ball: Tri-County Revelers at the 4H Building
Gown Competition Winners (During the Ball at the 4H Building)
21st
Annual Blackford County Civil War Days & Living History
:
1861
- 1865
Sunday
- Oct. 10, 2010
07:15
a.m.
Breakfast
08:15
a.m.
Tactical
09:30 a.m. Church Service - Presentation tent #1
09:45 a.m. Presentation: *** Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, First U.S. Female Surgeon *****
10:30 a.m. Battalion Drill
10:30 a.m. Side Saddle Demonstration
10:30 a.m. Presentation: *** Samuel Clemens ****
11:00
a.m.
Picketing/Skirmishing: (Rotating Companies)
11:15 a.m. Presentation: *** United States Colored Troops and Black History ***
11:15
a.m.
Presentation:
Pres. Lincoln
*** Pres. Lincoln
Talks on the Subject of Slavery ***
11:30 a.m. Pay Call
12:00 noon Lunch
12:15 p.m. Presentation: *** Life of Jefferson Davis ***
12:15 p.m. Side Saddle Demonstration
12:15 a.m. Meet and Greet the Generals: Gen. Grant, Gen. Sherman, and Gen. Custer
01:00 p.m. Presentation: *** Lincoln / Douglass Historical Reading" narrated by Teddy Roosevelt
and based on a program developed by the Civil War Museum in Philadelphia ***
01:00 p.m. Presentation: **** The Army Surgeon and his Work ****
02:00 p.m. Battle (Followed by Gettysburg Address/Grand Review)
Other Attractions:
Demonstrators: Blacksmiths/Photographers/Rope Maker/ Wood Crafter/Irish Linen Worker/Refugee/Telegraph
/Rug Maker/Spinner/ Field Hospital/ Muncie Town/Candy Maker/ and more
Other Things to See: Sutlers/ Camps/Saloon( Ice Cold Root Beer)/ Stockade/and more
Modern
Day Location: Year 2010
Food vendors in Modern area and Period area.
The Marion Salvation Army Brass Band will be performing two concerts on Saturday, one at 11:00 a.m. and
the other at 2:00 p.m. They will be playing Civil War music from the period.
Revision: 10/16/2009