5/7/2011 | Missouri State Museum | Jefferson City, MO
This family-friendly event will occur in conjunction with the opening of a major exhibit at the Missouri State Museum, "Civil War Missouri: A House Dividing."Check out the activities below
- 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. - River Ridge String Band will play Civil War era music in the first floor rotunda of the state Capitol.
- 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - "Decisions" (focusing on secession) will be presented by staff.
- Civilian, Union and Confederate reenactors will be in the History Hall of the Missouri State Museum.
- The new exhibit, featuring Missouri's Civil War battle flags and other historic Civil War artifacts, will be in the History Hall.
- Interpretive programs on Civil War artillery, "Ready, Aim, Fire" and on Civil War infantry, "Marching and Drill" will be held on the south lawn of the Capitol.
- 2:30 p.m. - Holmes' Brigade will perform reenactment of a Union infantry drill on the south lawn of the Capitol.
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Event times: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Associated activities
- Interpretive Programs