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MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2010
St. Lawrence County Historical Association
Contact: Trent Trulock, Executive Director
315-386-8133, e-mail Trentt@slcha.org
Beat the Heat This Summer at the 9th Annual Civil War Weekend at Robert Moses State Park, Saturday & Sunday, July 24 - 25
Massena- It wouldn’t be a North Country summer without the St. Lawrence County Historical Association’s annual Civil War Reenactment Weekend in Massena. The sights and sounds of the Civil War will fill Robert Moses State Park in Massena at the ninth annual Civil War Reenactment Weekend Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24.
Union and Confederate reenactors will stage mock battles, perform military drills, talk about camp life, and demonstrate such skills as coffin-making, cooking, cannon firing, and medical practices. There will be a fashion show of Civil War-era clothing, a basket auction, historical displays and period music.
The St. Lawrence County Historical Association presents the weekend, which is hosted by the 2nd Michigan, Co. E Reenactment Unit. Admission is $4 per person per day/maximum of $15 per car load, free for children 6 and under. For more information, call SLCHA at 315-386-8133, e-mail info@slcha.org, or visit the website at www.slcha.org
The military camps are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Mock battles will be at 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Closing ceremonies will follow the Sunday battle. The St. Lawrence County Detachment, Marine Corps League 408 provides a food concession both days.
Reenactors from New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, are expected to attend, including several generals, President Lincoln and sutlers (vendors of period goods and clothing).
Generous friends and underwriting sponsors of the Civil War Weekend include: Gene & Connie Barto, Massena; Canton VFW Post 1231, Massena AMVETS Post 4, Niles Asset Management, Parishville AMVETS Post 265, SeaComm Federal Credit Union and Stewart's Shops.
For more information, call the SLCHA at 315-386-8133 or e-mail info@slcha.org. Visit the SLCHA’s website www.slcha.org for more information on St. Lawrence County history. SLCHA exhibits and programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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