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11th Annual  U.S. Grant 
Civil War Reenactment and Living History
Featuring Morgan's Raid and the Battle of Buffington Island
April 27-29 2007

          
photo courtesy Thomas Cunningham

Click here to view a color 2007 Event Schedule brochure:
2007 Grant Celebration

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For general information contact:

Stan Purdy
318 West State St.
Georgetown, OH 45121
Work:  (937)378 - 4119
Home: (937)378 - 3087
purdyring@in-touch.net

Reenactors and Sutlers contact:

Will Vockell
10088 Drake Rd
Hamersville, OH 45130
(937)378-4042
muddy_flatts@hotmail.com

New This Year:

  • U.S. Grant Animatron in the Boyhood Home
  • Artillery, Infantry, & Cavalry demonstrations throughout the day at the Drill Field
  • SATURDAY ONLY: Get a Special U.S. Grant Postal Cancellation at the Georgetown Post Office from 9am to 12pm

Saturday April 22nd
Time Event Location
9:00 am History Walk w/ Ned Lodwick - 1 hr. Grant Schoolhouse
9:00 am 5k & 10k Runs Begin  Court House Square
10:00 am Preparing for a Tea
Demonstration with Russel Dickson - 1 hr.
Georgetown United Methodist
10:00 am Basket & Bonnett Demonstration w/ Norma McAffee Georgetown United Methodist
10:30 am The Brown County Soldier in the Civil War
Living History with Ned Lodwick - 1 hr.
U.S. Grant Boyhood Home
11:00 am 1860's Magic Act - 1 hr. Georgetown United Methodist
11:30 am Songs of Faith - Music by Sande Gilbert - 1/2 hr.  Court House Square
12:00 pm A Day in the Life of Georgetown Reenactment - 1/2 hr. Court House Square
12:30 pm Morgan's Raid on Georgetown Reenactment - 1 hr. Court Houst Square
1:30 pm Medicine in the Civil War Demonstration - 1/2 hr. Thompson House
2:00 pm Marines in the Civil War
Living History with Sgt. Major Otis Kopensparger - 1/2 hr.
Thompson House
2:00 pm Ladies' Tea - 1 hr. Floral Hall
2:30 pm U.S. Grant - Living History with Mike Miller - 1 hr. U.S. Grant Boyhood Home
3:00 pm Songs of the Homefront - Music by Deann Kelley - 1/2 hr. Floral Hall
3:30 pm The Union Cavalryman with Eric Tapp - 1/2 hr. U.S. Grant Boyhood Home
4:00 pm The Civil War Buglar with Tom Stern - 1/2 hr. U.S. Grant Boyhood Home
4:30 pm Mourning in the Civil War
Living History with Jan Hancock-Spears - 1/2 hr.
Thompson House
5:00 pm Memorial to the 70th OVI - 1/2 hr. U.S. Grant Boyhood Home
7:00 pm Carriage Rides to the Ball
(Additional ticket fee required)
Fairground
4:30 pm Grand Ball
(Period Costume and Additional Ticket Fee Required)
Floral Hall
Sunday April 23rd
Time Event Location
10:30 am 1860 Church Service Georgetown United Methodist

Details from previous celebrations:
2005
2004
2002