Come watch history unfold before your eyes as the Portage District Library, in conjunction with the City of Portage, present the “Celery Flats Civil War Reenactment” to be held at the Celery Flats Historical Area on Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st, 2008. Walk through the camps of both the Union and Confederate soldiers. Meet and talk with historic figures from the 1860’s including civilians who have been displaced by the war. Tour the various period structures of the village and witness the dramatic Civil War skirmish between the soldiers of the North and the soldiers of the South.

Tickets will be available through the City of Portage Parks Department.

When:

Saturday, June 20th, from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 21st, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Where:

Portage Celery Flats Historical Area
7335 Garden Lane

Cost for the event is:

One Day Pass
Adult-$10.00
Children 14 and under and Seniors $5.00

Two Day Pass
Adult-$15.00
Children 14 and under and Seniors $7.00

Family Pass
Includes 2 Adults and 3 Children
One Day-$25.00
Two Days-$30.00

For further information contact historian Steven Rossio
( 269) 329-4542 ext. 608
srossio@portagelibrary.info

Schedule of Events:

Saturday, June 21 st

10:00 Event Opens to the Public

10:00-2:00

Main Green- 19 th Century Cricket ( Historian Tom Melville)

10:30-11:15

Hayloft Theater/Barn- Kalamazoo during the Civil War (Tom Dietz, Curator of Research, Kalamazoo Valley Museum)

Amphitheater- The Grand Old Men of Kalamazoo (Historian, Gary Gibson)

Stuart Manor- Nurse & Spy (Historian, Sally Redinger)
(space is limited)(program will be repeated from 1:30-2:25)

Stuart Manor Lawn- Cartridge Rolling Demonstration (Researcher, Rebecca Stuurwold)

11:30-12:00

Main Green- Cannon Lecture and Demonstration (Robinson’s Battery)

12:00-12:30

Main Green - Rifle Demonstration

12:45-1:30

Hayloft Theater/Barn- Hard Bread and Coffee, A Civil War Soldiers Life (Museum Curator, Bob Myers)

Amphi theater- The 13 th Michigan Infantry (KVCC History Professor, Michael Culp)

Prairie Edge School- Civil War Era One-room School Lesson (Local Historian, Steven Rossio) (space is limited) (program will be repeated from 1:45-2:30)

1:45-2:30

Hayloft Theater/Barn- Civil War Theology (Historian, Stephen Lutz)

Stuart Manor- Nurse & Spy (Historian, Sally Redinger)
(space is limited)

Prairie Edge School- Civil War Era One-room School Lesson (Local Historian, Steven Rossio) (space is limited)

Stuart Manor Lawn- Cartridge Rolling Demonstration (Researcher, Rebecca Stuurwold)

2:00-2:45

Amphi theater- Instrument Lecture (Dodworth Saxhorn Band)

3:00-4:00 Civil War Skirmish

4:30-5:00

Hayloft Theater/Barn Period Dance Instruction (Dodworth Saxhorn Band)

5:30-6:30

Period Concert Dodworth Saxhorn Band

7:00-8:00

Main Green Candlelight Tour

Sunday, June 22 nd

10:00 Event Opens

10:00-2:00

Main Green- 19 th Century Cricket (Historian Tom Melville)

10:30-11:15

Hayloft Theater/Barn- Idle Thoughts on the Battle of Gettysburg (KVCC History Professor, Michael Culp)

Amphi theater- The Forgotten Battle of Tebbs Bend, Kentucky (Local Historian, Steven Rossio)

11:15-12:00

Main Green- Period Church Service (Pastor Michael Drew, First Reformed Church of Portage)

12:15-12:45

Main Green- Cannon Lecture and Demonstration (Robinson’s Battery)

12:45-1:15

Main Green- Rifle Demonstration

1:15-2:00

Hayloft Theater/Barn- International Events Beyond Gettysburg, July 1863 (Historian, Stephen Lutz)

Stuart Manor- Nurse & Spy (Historian, Sally Redinger)

2:30-3:30Civil War Skirmish

3:30-4:00Camps Open (event concludes at 4:00)