Saturday, 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 […]
Friday, 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 […]
Saturday, 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 […]
Tuesday, 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 […]
Friday, 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.
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 […]
Friday, 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 […]
