20th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend

 

Peterboro Civil War Weekend Observes Sesquicentennial

 

The 20th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend has finalized the  

Sesquicentennial 2012 program schedule for Saturday, June 9 (10 – 5) and  

Sunday June 10 (10 – 4). Activities and sites open the hours of the event:

• Children’s Area

• Civil War Authors

• Civil War Heritage Foundation

• Civil War Round Tables

• Demonstrators

• Domestic Encampment

• Food Concessions

• Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark

• Military Civil War Units, encampment, activities and exercises

• National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum

• Peterboro Area Museum

• Peterboro United Methodist Church Bake Sale

• Shopping at General Store, Peterboro Mercantile, and Sutlers

• Vendors

 

Saturday, June 9 Schedule for 20th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend:

10:00 Admission gates open.

10:00 All Day: Brookfield Historical Society

10:30 Faces of Madison and Oneida Counties in the Civil War, Matthew Urtz

11:00 Infantry Tactics during the Civil War, Neil MacMillan

11:30 1862: Gerrit Smith Bids Farewell to the 157th NY Volunteers: Dick  

Enders and 157th (Reenacting)

11:30 John Brown’s Raid: To Do Battle in the Land: Film

11:00 Smithfield Volunteer Fire Department Chicken BBQ

12:00 10th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend:  Video

12:30 Walking Tour of Peterboro: Donna Burdick and Beth Spokowsky

  1:00 Peterboro Civil War: 2009 Video by Cathryn Lahm

  1:00 Daily Life of a Union Army Soldier: David Kurtz

  1:00 Civil War Music: 77th NY Regimental Volunteers

  2:00 Skirmish

  3:00 Civil War Music: 77th NY Regimental Volunteers

  3:00 The Darkness of Day, Rochelle Hamel

  3:00 1862: Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation: Jessica Clarke  

and Jack Baylis aka Lincoln

  5:00 Admission gates close.

 

8:00 Hard Times Come Again No More: America’s Heart Songs, 77th NY  

Regimental Balladeers Concert

Admission $10

 

Sunday, June 10 Schedule for 20th Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend:

   7:00 Pancake Breakfast by Peterboro United Methodist Church

10:00  Admission gates open.

11:00 Infantry Tactics during the Civil War Neil MacMillan

12:00 Grand Army of the Republic: Earl Allen and Dorothy Prentice

12:00 The Terrible Swift Sword: Abolitionists and the Civil War: Milton C.  

Sernett Ph.D.

12:30 Walking Tour of Peterboro: Donna Burdick and Beth Spokowsky

12:30 Peterboro Civil War: 2009 Video by Cathryn Lahm

  1:00 Daily Life of a Union Army Soldier: David Kurtz

  1:00 Civil War Music: Merry Mischief

  2:00 Skirmish

  3:00 Civil War Music: Merry Mischief

  3:00 The Darkness of Day, Rochelle Hamel

  3:45 TAPS: Cheryl Pula, Brad Smalley, and Greg Smalley

  4:00 Admission gates close.

 

The event is sponsored by the Smithfield Community Association, the Town of Smithfield, and generous donors. The host unit for the event is the 12th

Regiment U.S. Infantry, Co. A. (Reenacting). Visitors to the event will  

receive program schedules, locations, maps, and other information on the  

event at admission. Admission is $8 for adults, $3 for children 6-12, and  

free for under 6 years.  Free parking. For more information: 315-280-8828 or  

civilwarweekend.sca-peterboro.org