SCH
EDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday June 7
9am - CAMPS OPEN
9:30 - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
11am - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
11:30 - LADIES TEA AND FASHION SHOW, Program on ladies who disguised as men and fought in the Civil War
1pm - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
3pm - CIVAL WAR REENACTMENT
4pm - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
7pm - INFORMAL SOCIAL / SKITS / MUSIC
8pm - CANDLELIGHT TOURS OF THE CAMPS
(childrens games, period crafts and demonstrations all day on Saturday. Performances by Prresident and Mrs Lincoln throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday June 8
9am - CAMPS OPEN
9:30 - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
10am - CIVIL WAR PERIOD CHURCH SERVICE
11am - MEMORIAL SERVICE AT PITTSFIELD WEST CEMETERY
FOR 99TH REGIMENT
11:30 - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
1pm - CIVIL WAR BATTLE REENACTMENT
2pm - CIVIL WAR EMBALMING DEMONSTRATION
(Throughout the weekend there will be many quality period vendors; atrillery, infantry, and cavalry drills, exhibits of local history)
NO ADMISSION, FREE TO THE PUBLIC. CAMPING AVAILABLE
For more information contact Kathy Zimmerman at 217-285-6995
PIKE COUNTY HAS NUMEROUS LOCATIONS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AT OFFICIAL LINCOLN SITES. IN FACT PITTSFIELD HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING MORE THAT ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND, THREE OF THOSE SITES WILL HAVE THEIR “WAY-SIDE EXHIBITS” DEDICATED. THE CENTRAL LOCATION FOR THE CEREMONIES WILL BE THE COURTHOUSE LAWN IN PITTSFIELD, WHERE THE “WAY-SIDE EXHIBIT” FOR A SPEECH DELIVERED BY LINCOLN WILL BE LOCATED.
THE BRIEF CEEREMONY WILL BEGIN AT 4PM THIS FRIDAY WITH THREE SPEAKERS SCHEDULED, HAL SMITH OF LOOKING FOR LINCOLN, KAYE SMITH THE ILLINOIS STATE BI-CENTENIAL COORDINATOR AND FORMER CONGRESSMAN PAUL FINDLEY.
A RECEPTION IS PLANNED TO FOLLOW THE CEREMONY AT THE WATSON HOTEL LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE.
THE “WAY-SIDE EXHIBITS” MATCH THE MARKERS THAT ARE USED IN SPRINGFIELD AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. ONE SUCH EXHIBIT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE LAST YEAR AT THE SHASTID HOUSE IN PITTSFIELD.
Dr Burlingame in Pittsfield to Speak at Simposium Feb 22nd
