ONGOING

Earn Your Scout Badge!

The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, has introduced a program designed for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

• Earn a specially designed patch
• Complete a scavenger hunt
• Tour 10,000-square-foot exhibit In the Cause of Liberty
• Try on replica clothes and touch reproduced tools
• View more than 150 artifacts
• Only $5 per person (scouts or parents/troop leaders)

  ° Includes patch and activity book for scavenger
  hunt

• Earn other patches, merit badges, belt loops, or pins
• Complete community service requirements 
• Add on themed programs to customize your visit!

  ° Men of Iron (noting life at Tredegar Iron works) ° The Common Soldier
  ° Women’s Roles in the Civil War
  ° C.S.S. Virginia
  ° Civil War Prisons
  ° Tour of Brown’s Island

For reservations please call Hilliary Turner (804) 780-1865, ext. 23 or email education@tredegar.org.

JULY 2008

Summer Camps-- Dig Into History

Dates: Tuesdays, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, 2008

Time: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Fee: $10 per child

The Center will be taking summer camp participants back to the basics in July with a new program Digging Into History. Children ages 9-13 can sign up for one of four three-hour sessions to delve into archaeology, primary documents, and other ways we learn about the past.

Your children will learn about the people who lived and worked at Tredegar in the 19th Century.  They will come away from the morning with an appreciation for how we learn about the past so that when they go back to school in the fall their understanding of why the past is important will be enhanced.

Tours of the site and exhibits, crafts such as the fanciful creation of the Tredegar Battalion flag, and quilt-making will highlight a busy and fun morning.

AUGUST 2008

Civil War in the Cinema

Fee: FREE

The Civil War has set the scene for many a Hollywood production.  Come to the Center and see both classic and obscure films depicting the era.  Film critics and historians will be on hand to offer their perspectives.  This series is offered in partnership with the National Park Service. (Films shown subject to availability).

Sunday, August 10, 2-4 p.m.

Shenandoah (1965): Jimmy Stewart is a Virginia farmer pulled into a war of which he wants no part. National Park Service(NPS) Theater

Sunday, August 17, 2-4 p.m.

Glory (1989): Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick and Morgan Freeman front a fine presentation -- about the all-African American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.  NPS Theater.

Sunday, August 24, 2-4 p.m. (Double feature)

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962), a short film that made its way onto The Twilight Zone television program in 1962, for reasons that will be obvious; Red Badge of Courage (1951), John Huston and World War II hero Audie Murphy team up in an adaption of the Stephen Crane novel.  NPS Theater.

Sunday, August 31 (Labor Day eve), 6:30-9:15 p.m.(Double feature!)

Granddad (1913), melodrama of an old Civil War veteran made at a time when there were plenty of old veterans still around; and The General (1927), Buster Keaton protects his locomotive in a silent film classic loosely based on an actual event. These films will be shown in the Center’s Bluestone Courtyard. You are invited to bring and enjoy a picnic dinner from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with a concert of period music provided.

OCTOBER 2008

Richmond Folk Festival

Friday, October 10-Sunday, October 12, 2008

Fee: FREE

Last year more than 175,000 people made their way to historic downtown Richmond’s riverfront for a fantastic weekend of music, dance, and culture from throughout the world. Although the National Folk Festival is moving to Butte, Montana, the Richmond Folk Festival will include seven stages and more than 30 performing groups, Virginia Folk Life demonstration area, Folk Arts Marketplace, ethnic foods and more. The American Civil War Center will present educational programs and offer free admission to the exhibit In the Cause of Liberty.   

DECEMBER 2008

3rd Annual Holiday Happenings at Historic Tredegar

Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008

Time: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Celebrate the holidays at the Center with reduced admission, holiday displays, period music, children’s activities, and light refreshments.

AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR 2009

Lincoln and the South
March 12-14, 2009

The Center’s second major conference, Lincoln and the South, will be held at the University of Richmond. Probably no president has ever been as vilified as Abraham Lincoln was in the South during the Civil War.  Outstanding scholars on the subject will convene to discuss this bitter relationship.  This enlightening event is offered in partnership with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond during the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth.