Memorial Day Weekend: Rebellions and Revolutions

Memorial Day Weekend: Rebellions and Revolutions

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Rebellions and Revolutions will bring living historians from around the country to the Frontier Culture Museum to represent the many rebel movements that have shaped, and been shaped by, American History. See how weapons changed throughout time and participate in an reenactment of the 1607 Enclosure Riots.

May 25-26
10:00 AM: “For the right to public land,” a demonstration of the militia of 1607 on the English Farm.
11:00 AM: “Liberty and Our Country,” The Irish Volunteer movement of the 1770s, Irish Farm.
12:00 PM: Pontiac’s War, a Shawnee Perspective on the Native American site.
1:00 PM: The Rifles that Defended the Frontier with Crockett’s Western Battalion on the 1760s Farm.
2:00 PM: United States Colored Troops, the Civil War through their eyes on the 1850s Farm.
3:00 PM: A Reenactment of the 1607 Enclosure Riots on the English Farm.
4:00 PM: Arms through the Ages, a demonstration of weapons through history on the Irish Farm.

May 27
Join Crockett’s Western Battalion on Memorial Day to learn about the American Revolution on the Frontier on our 1760s farm. At 2:30 PM, participate in a Memorial Service for men who served in the battalion. The service will begin at the 1760s settlement farm and will march behind with a fife and drum up to our historic church.

Details

May 25, 2024 - May 27, 2024

City of Staunton

Frontier Culture Museum
1290 Richmond Ave
Staunton, VA 24401

Category: Special Event