Surrender Commemoration & Freedom Day Celebration April 12 and 13
Schedule
Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 13 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox | Appomattox, VA
About this Event
The American Civil War Museum is hosting a series of activities and programs as part of the regional celebration of the Commemoration of the Surrender & Freedom Day. Visitors can look forward to a fun-filled day with cannon firings, interactive sessions with living historians, and informative sessions about the lives of soldiers, civilians on the homefront, and enslaved and free African Americans during the Civil War.
We hope you will join us on April 12th and 13th at ACWM - Appomattox!
Saturday
đź•‘: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Living History
Info: Witness Living History Encampment with the 24th Virginia and the Pallas Athena Ladies Aid Society and engage in fun outdoor activities! Learn what life was like in encampments during the Civil War. 10:00am - Cabin Opens Ask questions, and experience the way civilians lived, cooked, provided for their families, and survived during the Civil War.
Food Truck: Hoof and Feather
Sunday
đź•‘: 09:00 AM
Federal and Confederate Encampments Open
đź•‘: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Living History
Info: Life of a USCT Chaplin with Joseph Feaster
đź•‘: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Artillery Program
Info: Watch as our interpretive staff demonstrates the loading and firing of our reproduction Tredegar 12-pounder Napoleon. Volunteer to learn the roles of the cannoneers.
đź•‘: 11:30 AM
“Hold the enemy in check”: Captain Wilson Jenkins Makes a Last Stand
đź•‘: 12:30 PM
Living History
đź•‘: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Artillery Program
đź•‘: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lecture: "A King’s Cure” Abraham Lincoln and the 13th Amendment
Info: With Michael Vorenberg, Ph.D. Separate registration needed or included with museum ticket purchase!
đź•‘: 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Artillery Program
đź•‘: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Living History
Where is it happening?
The American Civil War Museum - Appomattox, 159 Horseshoe Road, Appomattox, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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