Civil War Comes Alive!

In conjunction with Bartow History Museum, Booth Museum is pleased to announce Civil War Comes Alive! Presented to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, this event is meant to teach visitors about all aspects of the war - from what life was like on the home front, to the music, and everything in between.

Held on the Booth Museum festival grounds in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, visitors will be able to visit various stations set up on the grounds demonstrating the various aspects of the war. Stations include a medical/hospital tent, blacksmith, music, signaling, life on the home-front, Confederate and Union Infantry camps, a sutler, and Cavalry Camp. An Artillery Camp will also be set up on the Booth Museum grounds and will demonstrate cannon firings at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm.

When visitors are not walking around to the various stations, they may sit back, relax and enjoy entertainment provided on stage at the festival grounds. The Georgia 8th Regiment Band will play music from both the Confederate and Union armies at 11:00 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm. At 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm, guests may listen to Abraham Lincoln recite the Gettysburg Address. Additionally, attendees are encouraged to tour the Booth Museum’s Civil War art gallery, War is Hell, as well as Mort Künstler’s Civil War Art: For us the Living, which will be on view in the Special Exhibition Gallery, and visit Bartow History Museum to see their Civil War exhibit which features local ties to the War.

Admission to Civil War Comes Alive! is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $7 for students, $3 for children 12 and under, and free for Booth Museum members, Bartow History Museum members, and active military with ID. Prices include access to the Booth Museum festival grounds, as well as admission to Booth Museum and Bartow History Museum.

For more information about Civil War Comes Alive!, including details about the school program which will be offered on Friday, April 29, please visit http://www.boothmuseum.orgor www.bartowhistorymuseum.org, or call 770-387-1300.