Copper Harbor -Fort Wilkins Historic State Park will host its annual Civil War re-enactment with special guests Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14 in Copper Harbor.
The event will be open to park visitors from 8 a.m. to dusk on Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 14. It will feature more than 25 costumed interpreters, a depiction of army barracks life, medical and undertaking demonstrations, drills, skits and full-scale artillery pieces, army tents and authentic reproductions of mess gear, small arms and other period artifacts.
For further details, contact the park at 906-289-4215, (TTY/TDD711 Michigan Relay Center for the hearing impaired), or visit www.michigan.gov/historicfortwilkins. Camping reservations can be made on line at www.midnrreservations.com or by calling the DNR central reservation system at 800-447-2757.
Click To Submit Press Releases, News, Calendar Items, and Community Events to mediaBrew radio stations WFXD, WKQS, WRUP, GTO, Fox Sport Marquette, and 106.1 The Sound
Marquette, Michigan Calendar; Ishpeming Calendar; Negaunee Calendar; Gwinn Calendar; Negaunee Calendar and Events; Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events; Escanaba Events and Calendar