To our Friends in the Reenacting Community:
 
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Artillerymen pose in front of the Fort Ward Ceremonial Gate.

Welcome to Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site! The Museum enlists the talents and knowledge of reenactors to offer numerous living history programs interpreting Civil War soldier and civilian life. Programs contribute to the public’s understanding of the period and enhance the Museum’s educational mission. Fort Ward’s largest living history program, Civil War Camp Day, occurs each June, but smaller presentations are staged throughout the year.

Military and civilian interpretations have featured:

  • infantry drills
  • artillery demonstrations
  • camp life
  • signal corps demonstrations
  • naval history
  • first person impressions (army surgeons, laundresses, engineers, photographers, relief workers, Civil War Santa Claus, Walt Whitman, Clara Barton)
  • torchlight tours
  • soldier-led walking tours of the fort
  • participation in Civil War Kids’ Camp programming
  • holiday observances
Fort Ward welcomes military and civilian interpreters and sutlers, and seeks new ideas for living history programs. For details on guidelines and logistics, please click on the links.


 
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