Civil War Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS

VIRGINIA

Today, tomorrow and Monday: Interpretive and living-history programs will mark the 139th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. For more information, contact park historian Patrick A. Schroeder at 434/352-8987

Today and tomorrow: A living-history program, Men and Women of 1862, at Endview Plantation in Newport News will show how gender roles defined a generation and changed during the war. The cost is included in regular admission: adults, $5; seniors 62 and older, $4; children 7 to 18, $3; children younger than 7, free. Information: 757/887-1862 (www.endview.org).

April 20: The Eastern Loudoun Civil War Roundtable presents a program by Kevin M. Levin on “The Lost Major General Mahone of the Confederacy,” 7:30 p.m., Sterling Annex, 115 W. Church Road, Sterling. Nonmembers welcome. Call 703/404-0542 for information.

WEST VIRGINIA

Wednesday: The Harpers Ferry Civil War Round Table will hear Robert Hodge talk about the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust’s efforts to preserve local battlefields, 8 p.m. at the Camp Hill Methodist Church at the corner of Washington and Gilmore streets, Harpers Ferry. Free and open to the public.

MARYLAND

April 17: The annual remembrance of the Pratt Street riot in Baltimore (April 19, 1861) and President Lincoln’s April 1864 Baltimore address begins at noon with a march from Fells Point to the Baltimore Civil War Museum at President Street Station, with wreath-laying, prayers and remarks. Continue with a walking tour along the attack route to Camden Station for more services. Lawrence R. and Julie McGrane will speak about the Baltimore Sanitary Fair. James Getty as Lincoln will deliver the address. Hosted by Friends of President Street Station, 410/461-9377.

April 24: Musician Gary Schwartz and vocalist Tony DeRosa will perform and discuss music of the Civil War era 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E. Patrick St., Frederick, 301/695-1864.

April 24: The fourth annual Confederate Decoration Day Ceremony will be held 11 a.m. at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick. The first half of program will be held in the Francis Scott Key Chapel, the second half at the Confederate Statue. Sponsored by the Maryland Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. For more information, contact Bill Atwell at 301/831-9078.

April 25: The Federal City Brass Band will present a free concert of Civil War brass band music at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts recital hall at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. For more information, call 410/744-7708.

April 24 and May 22: Historic Surratt House Museum, 9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, is offering tours of the John Wilkes Booth escape routes. Participants will leave Surratt House Museum at 7:30 a.m. on an air-conditioned coach bus. This trip in time from Ford’s Theatre to the site of Garrett’s farm takes about 12 hours and is narrated by an expert on the Lincoln assassination. For prices and registration, phone 301/868-1121 (www.surratt.org).

• Information excerpted in part from the Civil War News, Tunbridge, VT 05077, by permission. Information for the calendar may be sent to The Washington Times by fax to 202/529-3298.