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Fort Dickerson Living history Weekend

Nov 9th - 11th, 2007

Fort Dickerson Park located at 3000 Fort Dickerson Road just off Chapman Highway

Friday, November 9 is set aside for School Day. Area grade schools have been invited to attend a fun filled and educational experience, including medical and surgical demonstrations, artillery, infantry and cavalry demonstrations, and fascinating insights from local scholars and historians on the importance of Fort Dickerson and Knoxville during the War Between the States.

The free event runs from 10AM-4:30PM Saturday, November 10, and from 11AM to 4PM, Sunday, November 11, and includes living history campsites, infantry drilling and firing, Civil War Music, Civil War Medicine Exhibit, Battle reenactments, cannon firings, refreshments and other activities.

The schedule of activities follows:

Saturday, November 10, 2007
10:00 a.m. - Camps open to Public
11:00 a.m. – Veterans Remembrance
11:30 a.m. – Infantry Drill12:00 p.m. - Civil War Arms by Gerald Augustus
12:30 p.m. - Medical & Surgical Demonstration by Ed Archer
1:00 p.m. - Artillery Demonstration (inside fort)
1:30 p.m. - History of Fort Dickerson (inside fort)
2:00 p.m. - Battle Of Fort Dickerson
3:00 p.m. - Pass In Review
3:30 p.m. - Civil War Medical Demonstration
4:30 p.m. - Camps close to public

Sunday, November 11, 2007
11:00 a.m. Camps open to Public
12:00 p.m. Civil War Arms by Gerald Augustus
12:30 p.m. – Infantry Drill
1:00 p.m. - Civil War Medical Demonstration
1:30 p.m. - History Siege Of Knoxville
2:00 p.m. - Civil War Skirmish
3:00 p.m. -Pass in Review
4:00 p.m. - Camps Close to Public

This annual event is sponsored by the City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department.