10.05.07
See How They Lived
See How They Lived
Press Release
5th Annual Living History Civil War Encampment
Presented by: Charles W. Canney Camp #5, Rochester, New Hampshire
and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
In cooperation with the New Durham, NH Historical Society
October 6 & 7, 2007
Encampment location: 16 Ridge Top Rd., New Durham, NH
All day, both days, talk to Union soldiers and observe camp life such as soldiers cooking their food. Tents and displays will be set up for viewing, including the hospital steward’s tent and equipment.
See a live demonstration of the enlistment process, inspection, drilling, and firing demonstrations, as well as children’s games typical of the 1860s, and perhaps a mock battle (a “sham”).
On Saturday night, the sponsors of the events will offer a ham and bean supper. The cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children. All proceeds will be placed in the Civil War scholarship fund for graduating senior students in New Durham.
The camp chaplain will conduct a church service on Sunday at 10 a.m., reminiscent of the kind of services provided during the Civil War period.
The public is welcome at all of these events, and is encouraged to attend.
This announcement provided courtesy of Mary Foynes, Executive Director of the Wright Museum, a World War II home front museum, Wolfeboro, NH. Thank you, Mark.
