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Fall Homeschool Day
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park is offering its annual Fall Homeschool Day on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, from 10:00am to 2:00 pm. Students will be led by an experienced park educator through three of our programs: "Why They Fought," an interactive program which gives students a better understanding about why the nation divided and came to war;... Read more »
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Veterans Day
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesPamplin Historical Park will offer multiple programs throughout the day, to include presentations on artillery "The King of Battle", a lecture and living-history demonstration on the Spanish-American War, a live musical performance of soldier's songs and a ceremony with cannon fire salute. A Veterans Day ceremony will start at noon with a presentation of colors... Read more »
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Roundtable: Petersburg’s Regiment: The 12th Virginia Infantry
Join speaker John Horn as he share the story of "Petersburg's Regiment: The 12th Virginia Infantry.” Horn spent decades researching the 12th Virginia Infantry through searching archives and uncovering scores of previously unknown accounts. In his book, Petersburg's Regiment: The 12th Virginia Infantry, Horn shares personal glimpses of the men who served from the hanging... Read more »
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Breakthrough Battle Anniversary
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin us as we remember the 157th Anniversary of the Breakthrough Battle which ended the Petersburg Campaign and forced the Confederate withdrawal from Richmond. At 4:40 a.m. April 2, 1865, some 14,000 Union soldiers moved forward in the chilly gloom toward the Confederate fortifications six miles southwest of Petersburg. Less than an hour later, the... Read more »
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124th New York Living History at Pamplin Park
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesThe recreated 124th New York Infantry Regiment living history group will be at the park on August 13, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with activities and programs. Families will enjoy the chance to drill with the troops while they share why they fought and explain the equipment and life of the men during... Read more »
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Roundtable: Prisoners of War during the Petersburg Campaign
Join speaker Tim Talbott as he explores wartime prisoners in a presentation titled, “Gobbled Up: Prisoners of War during the Petersburg Campaign.” Tim Talbott is the current Chief Administrative Officer for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and was previously the Director of Education and Interpretation for Pamplin Historical park and The National museum of the... Read more »
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Paranormal Investigation
Pamplin Historical Park 6125 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, United StatesJoin Commonwealth Researchers of the Paranormal (C.R.O.P.) for an exclusive investigation of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. Come investigate with us on September 23rd at Pamplin Historical Park, recently featured on Travel Channel's Portals to Hell. Explore the Breakthrough Battlefield of America's Civil War where hundreds perished in... Read more »
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Voices from the Shadows
Costumed guides will lead participants on a special Halloween tour, where they will encounter various historical figures on a real battlefield. Participants will hear ladies recounting scary stories, music in the night and experience fireside encounters, soldiers called to an attack a surgery and more. Tours will be accompanied by sights and sounds that heighten... Read more »
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Roundtable: Fate at Petersburg” The Story of Col. G. L. Prescott, 32nd Mass.”
Join Dr. Sean Heuvel who will present on December 7, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. to the Petersburg Civil War Roundtable. Dr. Heuvel will share the “‘Fate at Petersburg: The Story of Colonel George L. Prescott, 32nd Massachusetts.” Dr. Sean M. Heuvel serves as Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions at Christopher Newport University. In that... Read more »
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Roundtable: The Tale of Two Brothers
Join speaker Emmanuel Dabney as he shares the story of " A Tale of Two Brothers: James and Robert Roantree's Civil War Experiences." The Petersburg Civil War Roundtable (PCWRT) will meet the first Thursday of each month at Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier from 7:00 pm-8:00 pm. Annual... Read more »
