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Civil War Christmas In Camp At Fort Ward

Page updated on December 11, 2022 at 2:42 PM

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Civil War Christmas In Camp At Fort Ward

Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site
December 10
12-4 p.m.
Suggested donation is $2 per person, $5 for families

Get in the holiday spirit and learn how Christmas was observed during the Civil War at Fort Ward Museum’s annual Civil War Christmas in Camp program on Saturday, December 10, 2022, from 12-4 p.m.  This popular family-oriented event features a patriotic Civil War Santa Claus, reenactors in winter camp settings, and period decorations.  The suggested donation is $2 per person, and $5 for families. 

The program features a Civil War-era Union Santa Claus, based on an 1863 cover of Harper’s Weekly by artist Thomas Nast, who will interact with the public, welcome children to the reconstructed Officers’ Hut, and visit soldiers in camp.  Reenactors will interpret army life in winter camps that are decorated for the season, and celebrate by opening Christmas boxes from home, singing carols of the period around the campfire, and preparing holiday meals.  The Museum will be decorated with festive greenery and a Victorian parlor tree.  A variety of Civil War books and “stocking stuffers” are available in the Museum shop. 

Please note that masks are encouraged for adults and children in the Museum and Officers’ Hut.

Fort Ward is the best preserved of the Union forts in the extensive system known as the Defenses of Washington.  The Museum offers exhibits and public programs throughout the year.  Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site is located at 4301 West Braddock Road in the City of Alexandria.  For more information about this program, please call 703.746.4848, or visit alexandria.gov/FortWard. 

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 at 711.

For inquiries from the news media only, contact the Office of Communications & Public Information at newsroom@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.3969. 

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This release can be found at Alexandriava.gov/go/4138.

 

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