Schedule

 

Retreat Through Williamsport: Civil War Weekend

2012 Schedule

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EENACTORS WANTED! $10 REGISTRATION FOR CAMPING, WOOD, WATER, ENTRY TO ALL EVENTS AND POWERD RATIONS!

GO TO WWW.WILLIAMSPORTRETREAT.COM FOR INFORMATION. BOUNTY FOR ART/CAV.

FRIDAY JULY 13 @SPRINGFIELD FARM

12:00 CAMP SETUP AND REGISTRATION BEGINS / Camps are not open to public

2:00 - 6:30 BUS TOUR OF THE RETREAT OF THE WAGON TRAIN OF WOUNDED

(Limited Seating $30/seat. Email Scott Bragunier for info fattypiper03@yahoo.com)
7:00 - 8:00 JOURNEY THROUGH HOLLOWED GROUND WEBISODES PRESENTATION

“Of the Student, By the Student, For the Student service learning project.

SATURDAY JULY 14 @SPRINGFIELD FARM
7:00 HOSPITALITY TENT OPENS FOR REENACTORS
9:00 CAMPS OPEN,DISPLAYS OPEN, BOOKSIGNING BEGINS

9:30 – 10:30 TIM SNYDER: "THE C&O CANAL AND THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN 150 YEARS LATER"

10:30 – 11:30 Period Style Music Concert by the Shenandoah Valley Minstrels (In Camp)

11:00 - 12:00 JIM PLUNKETT "FREE MASONS AND THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN"

12:00 - 1:00 FULL SCALE ENGAGEMENT "WAGONEERS FIGHT" July 6, 1863

1:00 - 2:00 GEORGE FRANK "THE BATTLE OF FALLING WATERS JULY 14, 1863"
2:00 - 3:00 DEMONSTRATIONS OF Cavalry/ Artillery / Infantry
2:00 3:00 HANCOCK STRING BAND (Inside Springfield Farm)

SATURDAY JULY 14 @ CUSHWA BASIN AND TROLLEY BARN
DURING THE DAY: VISITOR CENTER WILL BE OPEN
3:00 - 4:00 TOM CLEMENS "WAR COMES TO WILLIAMSPORT 1861 - 1863"
4:00-5:00 Period Music Performance Shenandoah Valley Minstrels

4:00 - 5:00 JOHN SCHILDT "FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE RIVER JULY 4 - 14 1863"
5:00 - 6:00 JOE STAHL "SOLDIERS ID TAGS: WHERE THE SOLDIERS WERE AT IN Williamsport”

SATURDAY JULY 14 RIVERBOTTOM PARK
7:00 – 8:00 BONFIRE SINGER AND STORYTELLER MATTHEW DODD. FIRST PERSON DRAMA
FROM C.W. AND RHONDA WHITEHAIR.

SATURDAY JULY 14 INSIDE SPRINGFIELD FARM

8:30 – 11:00 OLD FASHIONED PERIOD MUSIC BARN DANCE Listen to period style music by the Shenandoah Valley Minstrels, Dance the dances of the 1860’s, Watch our reenactors and civilians dance the night away. Entry is free but DONATIONS ARE SUGGESTED.

SUNDAY JULY 14 @ CUSHWA BASIN

10:00-2:00 March to Falling Waters: Join retreating soldiers, tired wagoner’s, and local Park Service Rangers while they march the 5 miles down the canal to the crossing site of the pontoon bridge. Learn from the interpretive program what happened here and along the canal during the retreat. Limit of 100 participants. To sign up call 301-582-0813

SUNDAY JULY 14 @ SPRINGFIELD FARM

9:00 – 2:00 Lazy Sunday: Camps open and in-camp demonstrations begin. Ask the soldiers about life in camp.

2:00 – 3:00 SCOTT HIPP: Marylanders in the Civil War (inside the town museum)
1:00 – 4:00 Town Museum Open with exhibits of the Town’s history from the 1700’s to present