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Mark Tackitt made it on KOMO-TV News at 6:30 PM. Check it out!
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http://www.komonews.com/news/national/119691824.html?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014729277_apuscivilwarreenactors.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110407-civil-war-sesquicentennial/To honor those who fought and died in the Civil War, the WCWA is holding a 150 year anniversary reenactment on April 30th through May 1st, 2011, in Steilacoom WA at Ft Steilacoom. Visit http://www.wcwa.net for more information about this event.
Saturday, April 30
Event is open to the public from 9 AM to 5 PM
6:00 AM Reveille
8:00 AM Cars out of camps
9:00 AM Morning Parade (Confederate & Union Camps)
9:30 AM Re-enactors line-up for the Opening Ceremony
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony-Civil War 150th Anniversary Commemoration (Pavilion)
11: 00 AM Tuff Man contests (Pavilion)
11:30 AM First Round of Speed Loading contest (Battlefield)
11:45 AM President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (Pavilion)
12:00 PM Hospital Demonstration (Confederate Camp)
12:30 PM Battlefield Communication (Union Camp Telegraph wagon)
1:00 PM Fashion Show (Pavilion)
1:30 PM Artillery Demonstration (Battlefield)
2:00 PM Battle Re-enactment (Battlefield)
3:00 PM Hospital Demonstration (Union Camp)
3:30 PM Recruiting Demonstration (Union Camp / 20th Maine Inf. Street)
4:00 PM Camp Life (Union Camp / 4th US Inf. Street)
4:30 PM Civil War Boot Camp (Battlefield)
5:00 PM Camps close to the public / Re-enactor swap meet (Pavilion)
7:00 PM Event wide Ice Cream Social, bonfire, talent show, special dish judging (Pavilion)
7:30 PM Confederate & Union Commander’s Formal for pie (Pavilion)
8:00 PM Cease firing of all weapons
9:00 PM Taps
10:00 PM Quite Time
Sunday, May 1
Event is open to the public from 9 AM to 3 PM
6:00 AM Reveille
9:00 AM Morning Parade (Confederate & Union Camps)
9:30 AM Church Service (Pavilion) Public is invited
9:30 AM Civil War Boot Camp (Battlefield)
10:00 AM Navy demonstration at USS Tahoma Land Ship
10:30 AM Battlefield Communication (Union Camp Telegraph wagon)
11: 00 AM Final rounds of Tuff Man contest (Pavilion) / Speed shoot contest (Battlefield)
11:45 AM President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (Pavilion)
12:00 PM Hospital Demonstration (Union Camp)
12:30 PM Civilian Demonstration (Civilian Camp)
1:00 PM Recruiting Demonstration (Union Camp / 20th Maine Inf. Street)
1:30 PM Artillery Demonstration (Battlefield)
2:00 PM Battle Re-enactment (Battlefield)
3:00 PM Camps close to the public
Monday, May 2
9:00 PM Event participants & vendors must be gone from the park
