Some folks ask, “Is there more than the Civil War encampment during the weekend?” The answer is an emphatic “Yes!” Admission to the event covers everything except food, vendor purchases, and the Saturday evening program. One admission includes:
Access to the civilian and military camps and troops to observe and ask questions.
Access to displays and programs by reenactors, historical organizations, Civil War Round Tables, and authors. (There is a program focus on 1866 with the Sesquicentennial of Decoration Day and the Grand Army of the Republic, as well as the Lincolns the year after the war.)
Access to children’s period activities
Admission to three historic sites:
1. CHANGING AMERICA: THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 1863 and THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 1963, a traveling exhibit presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History, is a featured exhibit at the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum.
2. At the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark buildings and grounds have exhibits on Gerrit Smith, the Underground Railroad, African-Americans in Peterboro, Greene Smith’s Birdhouse, etc.
3. The Peterboro Area Museum has displays on the history of the Town of Smithfield. The Town Historian will be at the Museum most of the weekend.
A Guided Walking Tour of the Hamlet of Peterboro
The military skirmish at 2 p.m.
The Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend is an educational and fund-raising event of the Smithfield Community Association based on the Gerrit Smith-John Brown relationship which helped ignite the Civil War. Admission: $8: Adults, $3: 6-12 years, Free: Under 6. For more information and updates: 315-280- 8828, mail@sca-peterboro.org , or www.PeterboroNY.org