Civil War Camp
and
Reenactment
Thursday, March 26
to
Sunday, March 29, 2015
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Harmon Field Heritage Days Civil War Camp and Reenactment Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
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Seventh Annual Harmon Field Heritage Days Civil War Camp and Reenactment
| TROOPS | SPONSORS in 2015 |
| 2nd North Carolina Mounted
Infantry Carolina Independent Battery 1st Federal Marines 22nd NC Troops Co B |
HARMON FOUNDATION McKinsey Printing SignSource Serendipity Kids Ranch, Columbus, NC |
| You Tube Videos of Past Events | ||
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HF Heritage Days ~ 2009 (Uncovering America) |
HF Heritage Days ~ 2011 (Lorna Dever) |
| SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING | SUTLERS |
| Home Schools Polk Central Saluda Elementary St. Joseph Catholic School Sunnyview Elementary Tryon Elementary School Tryon Seventh-day Adventist |
Awi Usdi Possum Holler Sutlery |
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SCHEDULE Back to Top |
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| People are invited to spend time in the Civil War Camp visiting with the soldiers and learning about life during the Civil War | ||
| THURSDAY/FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY |
| Thursday: 11:30 a.m. -
2:30 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Rotations through Era Interests, Arts & Crafts, and Civil War Camp Please call, 828-817-1544, or e-mail to reserve your place in the rotations for your students. Thanks! |
Camp Open:
9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.: Company Drill 2:00 p.m.: Battle of Stoneman's Raid 3:00 p.m.: Music on the Battlefield 5:00 p.m.: Supper with the Soldiers If not in period attire -- Donation of $5/adult and $3/ages 6 - 13 Campfires open to the public. Come and join the troops by their fires. |
Camp Open:
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.: Church Service (Time may vary) 2:00 p.m.: Battle of Stoneman's Raid |
| FOR MORE INFORMATION: 828-817-1544 or |
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| Awi Usdi | Music on the Battlefield | SPONSORS in 2014 |
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Cara will set up her Awi Usdi (Little Deer) tent at Harmon Field
Heritage Day and offer handmade Cherokee bead bracelets. Cara is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the
Cherokee Nation. She attends the University of North Carolina in
Asheville as an English Literature major in the Teaching Licensure
program and is an active member of UNC-A's Native American Student
Association. She enjoys attending Civil War
reenactments and producing beadwork. All proceeds made from her
bracelets go towards purchasing more supplies to produce future products
as well as necessities not covered by her scholarships and Financial Aid
that will help her to attain her educational goals. |
Music, stories & dance: Carol Rifkin, John Fowler & Jeanette Queen 3-5 p.m. Saturday March 28: Join some of mountain music’s best-known musical personalities at Harmon Field. Rifkin and Fowler co-host public radio WNCW’s popular mountain music show “This Old Porch,” all three are long time members of the mountain music community: Jeanette Queen from Jackson County’s singing Queen Family, Fowler from the upstate of South Carolina and Carol Rifkin’s at home in Buncombe County, where she plays, writes, sings and dances. Together they bring a program full of history, laughter, songs, stories, string band music, participatory dance, conversation and off the cuff humor.
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HARMON FOUNDATION Advance Auto Parts, Columbus, NC Bi-Lo, Columbus, NC Bi-Lo, Landrum, SC Buck's Pizza, Tryon, NC Food Lion, Columbus, NC IGA, Tryon, NC Lakemont Cottages, Flat Rock, NC Serendipity Kids Ranch, Columbus, NC Smith Optometric Eye Associates, Tryon, NC Tryon Mountain Hardware, Tryon, NC |