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2012 Assembly Schedule
The Civil War
Friday, September 21 & Saturday, September 22, 2012


 

Friday, September 21, 2012


9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Civil War Encampment 

(OPEN TO STUDENTS ONLY FROM 9:30 a.m. TO 2:00 p.m.; 

Open to general public from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

Learn more about Texas in 1860


7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Cotillion - 1860s Theme (OPEN TO MEMBERS AT FOUNDERS LEVEL AND ABOVE)


 

Saturday, September 22, 2012


9:30 a.m  Continuation of Educational Exhibits & Demonstrations  
10:00 a.m to 12:00 noon

Civil War Battlefield Engagement & Artillery Firing Demonstrations


12:30 p.m.

Opening Ceremony – 

Presentation of the U.S. Flag with Pledge of Allegiance

Celebration of the continuing Chautauqua Movement

1861 Waxahachie Church Service with Prayer


1:30 p.m.
Events Leading to the War Between the States Tommy Stringer, Historian 

2:00 p.m.
Texans in Service – Danny Sessums, Author

2:40 p.m. Break  Banjo Playing by Terry Winset

2:55 p.m.
Parson's Texas Cavalry Brigade – Anne Baily, Author

3:30 p.m.
Women in the War – Vicki Betts, Author/Researcher

4:05 p.m. Looking Back and Looking Yonder, An African American Perspective  Robert Haynes, Museum Curator/Historian
4:40 p.m.
Speaker Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A Session will be held at the conclusion of the afternoon program (time permitting) 

6:00 to 6:45 p.m.
Dinner Break
DINNER ON YOUR OWN

7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Evening Musical Performance by Civil War Era Brass Bands:
"Frontier Brigade Band"  'Civil War Songs of the North and South'

 

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