Topics Related to Bennett Place State Historic Site
April 20, 2024, 11am - 1:45pm
Join us on Saturday April 20, 2024 as we celebrate Earth Day!For this event, we're proud to partner with Duke University students to highlight how history & science can go hand-in-hand to teach us about the world around us. At 1pm, Duke graduate student Kalei Porter will lead a guided tour of the nature trail to explore how history and science meet.
April 22, 2023, 10am - 4pm
158th Bennett Place Anniversary with living history and lectures.
May 27, 2023, 10am - May 28, 2023, 3pm
Following the American Civil War, a “Decoration Day” began in communities across America remembering soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Senator John A. Logan, a former Union officer on staff with Major General William T. Sherman, was instrumental in making this a formal national day honoring our fallen soldiers, which became Memorial Day. Join military living historians representing the American soldier of all time periods throughout our nation’s history.
April 4, 2023, 10am - April 5, 2023, 3pm
This program is designed for public, private and homeschool groups to come out and learn about the military and civilian aspects of the war from living historians. There will be stations available in the historic area for students and adults to meet and listen to historians discuss different topics such as soldier life, Civil War flags, the postal system, the signal corp and much more.
This program will be broken down into two time slots: 10:00 -12:00 for the morning and 1:00 - 3:00 for the afternoon.
Reservations are required and we are taking them now.
This program will be broken down into two time slots: 10:00 -12:00 for the morning and 1:00 - 3:00 for the afternoon.
Reservations are required and we are taking them now.