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Exhibit Opening: Faith in the Fight
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesOpening day for the Civil War Museum's "Faith in the Fight" exhibit, running through June 30, 2024.
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Upcoming Programs & Events
Second Friday Lecture: The Grant-Rawlins Relationship: Some New and Surprising Revelations
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesFriday, September 8 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Al Ottens To Civil War buffs, General John Rawlins is usually regarded as the scold that kept Ulysses Grant sober. But the complex motivations behind Rawlins’s temperance interventions are not well known. Nor are the rare communication skills Rawlins possessed that significantly impacted his relationship with […]
SPARK! Faith in the Fight Tour
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesFriday, September 15 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Free Our SPARK! group will tour the new temporary exhibit at the Civil War Museum called Faith in the Fight: Religion in the Civil War. Email spark@kenosha.org to register.
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The Great Lakes Civil War Forum: Vicksburg Is The Key
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesSaturday, September 23 | 9:30am - 4:00pm | $64 ($80 non-members) Register Here Check-in starts at 8:30am, program begins at 9:30am. Schedule of Presentations Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg | Presented by Dr. Tim Smith, University of Tennessee-Martin Through all the long months of operations against Vicksburg, Champion Hill stands as the most decisive […]
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Girl Scout Programs
Girl Scouts Juniors: A Victorian Tea
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesSaturday, October 7 | 10:00am - 12:030pm | $25 per scout | Register Here Travel back in time and explore customs and traditions among women and girls during Victorian America. Learn about the challenges and triumphs of being a girl in this era while accomplishing a creative writing task, trying on clothes, and sharing tea […]
Second Friday Lecture: Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesFriday, October 13 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Speaker: Carl Smith The Great Chicago Fire of October 8-10, 1871 which destroyed the heart of the country’s rising inland metropolis and left a third of its population homeless, is one of history’s great disasters. If anything, the city’s rapid recovery was even more remarkable, revealing both […]
The Fight for a Gettysburg Farm
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesSaturday, October 14 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Speaker: Steve Acker Steve Acker’s newest novel, The Fight for a Gettysburg Farm, tells the story of the Sherfy Farm during the Battle of Gettysburg. From the family that called the farm home to the Union and Confederate units that battled across its acres, this exhaustively researched story gives […]
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Faith in the Fight Documentary Screening
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesTuesday, October 17 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Speaker: Rev. Robert Miller Join the Civil War Museum as Rev. Robert Miller discusses the documentary film Faith in the Fight. The film discusses the roles played by the nearly 120 Catholic priests who ministered to the spiritual needs of both armies during the Civil War, focusing […]
SPARK! Harvest Time
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesFriday, October 20 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Free but registration required The farms of the Upper Midwest were responsible for feeding the United States Army during the Civil War. We will talk about farming and harvesting at this SPARK! meeting and then make apple cider and decorate pumpkins. Email spark@kenosha.org to register.
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Bus Trip: Gettysburg–A Midwestern Perspective
Sunday, October 22 - Wednesday, October 25 | $880-$1075* ($955-$1150** non-members) Register Here *$880 per person for double occupancy, $1075 per person for single occupancy **$955 per person for double occupancy for non-members, $1150 per person for single occupancy for non-members McPherson's Ridge. The Wheatfield. Cemetery Ridge. East Cavalry Field. The names are synonymous with […]
Victorian Spiritualism
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesFriday, October 27 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm | $44 ($55 non-members) | Register Here Connect with your past self or peer into your future at this “otherworldy” event! Inspired by the golden age of magic, explore the spiritual lives of the Victorians through a parlor performance of Ghost stories, followed by common spiritualist activities such as […]
Civil War Museum’s Media Club: The Enduring Civil War by Gary W. Gallagher
Civil War Museum 5400 1st Ave, Kenosha, WI, United StatesWednesday, November 8 | 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Register Here We will meet at the Civil War Museum In the seventy-three succinct essays gathered in The Enduring Civil War, celebrated historian Gary W. Gallagher highlights the complexity and richness of the war, from its origins to its memory, as topics for study, contemplation, and dispute. He places a […]
