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2010 Schedule of Events 

16th Annual Student Discovery Day

Friday - Oct. 8, 2010

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, on the Battlefield   *** Colorful and Spectacular 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 

09:00 p.m.                               Announcement of the Ladies and Children Fashion Show and Ball

                                                Gown Competition Winners (During the Ball at the 4H Building)

 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..

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  ****                          

10:30 a.m.                               Presentation: *** The Life and Times of Gen George E. Pickett  ***     

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 

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