Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sunbury

Dear 5th Kentucky:
Here is the schedule for this weekend at Sunbury: 

Schedule of Events
 
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011
 9:00 a.m.        School Day Activities (Village Square)
 3:00 p.m.        Setting Up of Camps (Town Hall)
12:00 a.m.       Taps
SATURDAY MAY 21, 2011
  7:00 a.m.       Reveille
  7:30 a.m.       Breakfast  (Town Hall)
  8:30 a.m.       Officers Call  (Town Hall)
  9:00 a.m.       Camps Open to Public (Campgrounds)
                         Memorial Services (Village Square / Fallen Heroes Memorial)
  9:30 a.m.       Sanitary Fair Opens
                              Opening Ceremony (Sanitary Fair Area)
                              Sanitary Fair Exhibits for the Family (Town Hall / Sanitary Fair Area)
                              Ladies' Classes in Classroom Tent
                              Youth Activities (on the village square)
10:00 a.m.       Workshop for Ladies:  Decorate a Fancy Haircomb (Classroom Tent)
10:30 a.m.       Lecture:  What Ladies Wore by Mistress Rachel Edwards (Classroom Tent)
11:00 a.m.       Lecture:  Cooking in a Civil War Camp  by Mistress Linda Paul (Classroom Tent)
11:30 a.m.       Stones River Officers Meeting (Main Activities Tent)
12:00 p.m.       Battle of Sunbury, Pt. II  (Village Square / Prairie Run Park) 
  1:00 p.m.       Mary Bickerdyke Presentation by Mistress Lisa Petersen  (Main Tent)
  1:30 p.m.       Workshop:  Make a Housewife -Civil War Sewing Kit (Classroom Tent)
  2:00 p.m.       Johnny Clem Presentation (Main Activities Tent)
  2:30 p.m.       Ladies Garden Party (Gazebo area)
  3:00 p.m.       Lucy Webb Hayes Address (Gazebo Area)
  4:00 p.m.       Cake Walk and Auction (Classroom Tent)
  4:30 p.m.       Steve Ball - Music in the Civil War (Main Activities Tent)
  5:00 p.m.       Supper - (Town Hall)
  7:00 p.m.       Blue and Gray Ball (Main Activities Tent)
  9:30 p.m.       Artillery Night Fire (Smith Park)
12:00 a.m.       Taps
SUNDAY MAY 22, 2011 
  7:00 a.m.       Reveille
  7:30 a.m.       Breakfast (Town Hall)
  8:30 a.m.       Officers Call - (Activities Tent)
  9:00 a.m.       Camps Open to Public (Campgrounds)
10:00 a.m.       Church Services (Main Tent)
                          BWAHS Awards to Descendants of Civil War soldiers - Suzanne Allen
12:00 p.m.       Camps Close to Public
 2:00 p.m.       Battle Reenactment (Freedom Park)
 3:00 p.m.       Sunbury Civil War Living History Reenactment ends.                 
     
 

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Memorial Day

As usual, we will be having a memorial service at Camp Chase.  The ceremony will be Monday, May 30, at 3:00 pm.  If you plan on participating, please be at the camp at 2:30.