Civil War Camp Day at Fort Ward

Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site, 4301 Braddock Rd.
June 18
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Suggested donation is $2 per person, and $5 for families
 

Learn about soldier and civilian life during the Civil War, and enjoy a regimental band concert, at Fort Ward Museum’s annual Civil War Camp Day on Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Suggested donation is $2 per person, and $5 for families.  The event is weather dependent.

The annual living history event features military and civilian reenactors in camp settings in and around the historic fort.  The program includes camp life activities, infantry and artillery drills and firing demonstrations, equipment displays, and civilian impressions.  Among the living history units participating are the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. B, and reenactors from Thompson’s Battery, Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery.  Special interpretations include a U.S. Army Quartermaster tent, a Union company surgeon, a Northern schoolmarm who interprets 19th-century education and pastimes for children, a display of Civil War camp dioramas, and a soldier in the reconstructed Officers’ Hut portraying the daily routine and living quarters of an officer in the Defenses of Washington.  At 3 p.m., the 8th Green Machine Regiment Band will perform a concert of Civil War music on the Museum lawn.  This historical brass ensemble, sponsored by George Mason University, presents music of the 19th century on authentic period instruments.

Fort Ward is the best preserved of the Union forts that comprised the Civil War Defenses of Washington.  The Museum features programs, events and exhibits throughout the year.  Fort Ward is located at 4301 West Braddock Road in the west end of the City of Alexandria.  For more information on the event, call the Museum at 703.746.4848, or visit fortward.org.
For inquiries from the news media only, contact Andrea Blackford, Editorial Communications Manager, at andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3959.

The City of Alexandria is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended.  To request a reasonable accommodation or an alternative format, e-mail FortWardMuseum@alexandriava.gov, or call 703.746.4848, or Virginia Relay 711.

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