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
2010 Dates:
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.
2009 Dates:
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
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HISTORY DAY IMPRESSIONS AND SCENARIOS 10/2009
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