A CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT!!!
The Nevins Library in Methuen, MA will host a Civil War encampment on our grounds Saturday, June 22nd from 9am-8pm and Sunday, June 23rd from 9am-4pm.
Featuring:
The 6th Massachusetts Regiment The 6th Maine Artillery Regiment
The 1st New Hampshire Cavalry Regiment General and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant President Abraham Lincoln
Experience Living History, Drills, Cavalry, Cannon Fire, a Pie-Eating Contest, Performances and Children's Games!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 9:00am: Flag Raising and Call to Colors 10:00am: Pie Eating Contest for kids judged by Morrgan Sweeney-Charlton (outside)
11:30am: “Civil War Artifacts” with Don Hunt (Garden Room)
12:30pm: “Civil War in Literature” by Bob Duffy (Garden Room)
1:30pm: “Letters, Horses, and Cigars” presented by General Ulysses S. Grant (Garden Room)
3pm: “Liberty is Our Motto: Songs & Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers” presented by Steve Blunt (Garden Room)
After Sunset: Lantern Tour of Camp with Bob Duffy
ALL DAY:
Cannon Demonstrations every hour on the hour from 9am - 4pm
Spinning and Lace Demonstrations Children’s Games
Military Drills
Suttler’s Tent
Penny Candy Sale Table by the Friends of the Library
Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 10:30am: A Speech about the Emancipation Proclamation given by Philip Chatwin as Abraham Lincoln (Garden Room)
11:30am: “The Homefront” by Bob Duffy (Garden Room) 12:30pm: “Growing Up Lincoln” presented by Philip Chatwin as Abraham Lincoln (Garden Room- to be followed by a children’s craft)
1:30pm: “The General’s Horses” presented by General Ulysses S. Grant (outside)
2:15pm: “The Execution of the Notorious Spy Willie Tappet” (outside)
2:30pm: A presentation of Civil War Art panels by Frank Ford (Garden Room)
ALL DAY:
Cannon Demonstrations every hour on the hour from 12 Noon - 3pm
Spinning and Lace Demonstrations
Children’s Games
Military Drills
Suttler’s Tent
It promises to be a fun and educational weekend for the whole family. All events are free and open to the public. The encampment is part of the library’s year-long project, “Methuen Remembers the Civil War.” For more information, please call the library at (978) 686-4080.
