FORT POINT January 28th,
2012 and Overnighter
SUVCW Sesquicentennial Signature Event
The next Fort Point Living History event will be Saturday Jan
28th 2012. If you are only interested in attending for the day, you do not
need to RSVP (unless you have a special demonstration you want to present).
If you want to stay overnight on Saturday Jan 28th, please email Jordan (jordan@koplowicz.com)
the following info by January 18th:
1) name (or names if multiple people)
2) unit and club
3) cell / home phone
4) email address
5) let us know if you are under 18 years of age. If so, and not attending
with your parent, you will need to provide your parent's names and cell
phones, and the name of a temporary guardian.
For those staying the night, we will probably just have a pizza dinner
unless someone wants to volunteer to set up a battalion mess. We will need
some help setting up a simple breakfast (oatmeal, coffee, fruit, etc). The
total cost for both meals will need to be worked out, but may be around $7
per person.
Mike Musante will be at the Fort on Saturday Jan 28th but Jordan Koplowicz
will be there for the entire weekend. Reenactors are welcome to stay until
5pm on Sunday Jan 29th if they want.
Since we can not have open flame (firepits OR candles), you will need to
bring battery operated candles for the overnighter. In the past I found some
at TJMaxx (Homegoods), Costco, or Walgreens.
General Activities and Rules for the Living History Event - Musician demos, artillery drill and school of the company
(infantry) will be held throughout the day
- No caps, no powder
- No alcohol
- Proper Union or civilian impressions required (confederates can galvanize)
- Please arrive between 8am-9am on Saturday to set up. The Fort opens to the
public by 10am.
- Unfortunately, sutlers can not attend due to NPS rules and the lack of
space.
- Please try to carpool. Parking is very limited.
- More details can be found at
www.20thmaine.net.
Reenactment organizations from around California gather for a day of
living history on Alcatraz Island, August 28, 2010. Thank you to Pacifica
Currents for the video, filmed and edited by Eric Mayrand.
OTHER PAST EVENTS:
Aug 13th, 2011 – Fort Point National Historic Site presents
"Civil War
Living History Day" in San Francisco.
Come see
Civil War soldiers and experience history first hand! Demonstrations
include musicians, infantry and artillery drill, medicine in the 1800s,
and the daily life of women of the era. Fort Point is a National
Historic site located in the Presidio under the southern anchorage of
the Golden Gate Bridge. Additional parking is available at the Crissy
Field lot near the Warming Hut and on the hill overlooking the Fort.
For more information, contact the Fort Point Rangers at (415) 556-1693,
www.20thmaine.net, or
mikemusante@hotmail.com.
FREE admission. Hours are Sat 8/13 from 10-5.
Click to view event flyer
Fort Point Living History Day
March 01, 2010, 03:30 AM
National Park Service Ranger Maureen
Rogers and San Mateo resident Mike Musante take part in “Civil War Living
History Days” at Fort Point National Historic Site in San Francisco
Jan.31.
The event had the support of Friends of
Civil War Alcatraz, which assists the National Park Service with educating
the general public concerning the Civil War Experience on Alcatraz Island
and in Northern California.
FOCWA may be reached at
www.friendsofcivilwaralcatraz.org. Those interested in learning more about
Civil War history are also welcome at the Peninsula Civil War Roundtable
that meets on the third Tuesday of the month at Poplar Creek Grill, 1700
Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo. A social half hour cash bar starts the
program at 11:30 a.m. Lunch ($21.00) is served at noon. The featured
program speaker begins after lunch. For information, visit
PeninsulaCivilWarRoundTable.org.
-Susan Cohn and San Mateo Daily
Journal
From
Friends of Civil War Alcatraz: Jan
30-31, 2010 – Fort Point National Historic Site presents "Civil War
Living History Days" in San Francisco.
Come see
Civil War soldiers and experience history first hand! Demonstrations
include musicians, infantry and artillery drill, medicine in the 1800s,
Victorian dancing, and the daily life of women and children of the era.
Fort Point is a National Historic site located in the Presidio under the
southern anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge. Additional parking is
available at the Crissy Field lot near the Warming Hut and on the hill
overlooking the Fort. For more information, contact the Fort Point
Rangers at (415) 556-1693,
www.20thmaine.net, or
mikemusante@hotmail.com. FREE admission. Hours are
Sat 1/30 from 10-5 and Sun 1/31 from 10-2.
Friends
of Civil War Alcatraz would like to take this opportunity to announce
the calendar dates for Civil War Living History Days on Alcatraz Island
for 2009.
The
dates are: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Living
history impressions must be specific to, or tied to Alcatraz at the time
of the War Between the States.
Friends
of Civil War Alcatraz is a non-profit organization that supports the
National Park Service with
educating the general public concerning the Civil War Experience on
Alcatraz Island and in Northern California.
John
Nevins, Director of Publicity:
Telephone: 916-560-8505
Email: scss1co@comcast.net
Reenactment organizations from around California gather for a day of
living history on Alcatraz Island, August 28, 2010. Thank you to Pacifica
Currents for the video, filmed and edited by Eric Mayrand.