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A dessert social will kick off the
weekend on Friday night as professional and amateur bakers battle
for the title of favorite dessert. Murphy's String Band from Iowa
City will perform, and Chris Schevers will talk on "Keokuk to
Vicksburg -- The Battle for the Mississippi -- The Tri-State
Connection." The re-enactment
-- named the Iowa Tourism Event of the Year in 1991, 1994, 1998 and
2000 -- will feature more than 1,000 re-enactors portraying everyone
from civilians to artillerymen. The weekend also features a military
ball, a high tea, musicians and Sunday memorial service at the
Keokuk National Cemetery. The battle re-enactments, considered the
highlight of the event by many, are at 3 p.m. April 23 and 2:30 p.m.
April 24.
Included in the event are rows of
sutlers and food vendors, where participants and spectators mingle
and buy Civil War-era food, clothing and other items of interest.
Musicians and people in period dress -- both civilian and military
clothes -- as well as historic encampments of both the Union and
Confederacy will make you feel as though you have stepped back to
the 1860s.
Everyone is encouraged to walk
around the camps, interacting with the re-enactors and living
historians.
Schedule
Friday, April 22
9 a.m.-5 p.m. -- George M. Verity
Riverboat Museum open, Victory Park
1-5 p.m. -- Samuel F. Miller House
and Museum open, 318 N. Fifth St.
5 p.m. -- Rededication of the Civil
War Monument, Hamilton, Ill.
7-9 p.m. -- Friday evening dessert
social, $5, Keokuk High School, with entertainment by Murphy's
String Band and a presentation on "The Battle for the Mississippi --
From Keokuk to Vicksburg -- The Tri-State Connection"
Saturday, April 23
8 a.m. -- Camps open, Rand Park
Call to morning colors -- Rand Park bandstand
9 a.m.-5 p.m. -- George M. Verity
Riverboat Museum open, Victory Park
9-11 a.m. -- Troops perform drills
on the battlefield
10 a.m.-5 p.m. -- Samuel F. Miller
House and Museum open, 318 N. Fifth St.
10 a.m. – Ladies' style show and
tea, Trinity Methodist Church, 2330 Plank Road
11 a.m. -- Civil War period music,
Tom Roush, bandstand
12:30 p.m. -- 1st person
presentation, bandstand
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(April 23 schedule continued)
1 p.m. -- Murphy's String Band,
bandstand
2 p.m. -- 33rd Illinois Regiment
Band, circle concert, shelter house (food area)
2 p.m. -- March to the battlefield
3 p.m. -- Battle of Pea Ridge, Day
1, battlefield
3:45 p.m. -- Medical demonstration
4 p.m. -- Funeral and burial of Cpl.
John Peyton Byrne (practice), battlefield
6 p.m. -- Camps close
7:30 p.m. -- Military ball with
music by the 33rd Illinois Regiment Band, Keokuk Senior High, $10
admission
Sunday, April 24
7-11 a.m. -- Breakfast with the
troops, sponsored by the Keokuk Little League, shelter house
9 a.m.-5 p.m. -- George M. Verity
Riverboat Museum open, Victory Park
9:30 a.m. -- Civil War memorial and
church service, Keokuk National Cemetery, 18th and Ridge Street
Noon -- 1st person presentation,
bandstand
1 p.m. -- Murphy's String Band,
bandstand
1-5 p.m. -- Samuel F. Miller House
and Museum open, 318 N. Fifth St.
1:30 p.m. -- March to the
battlefield
1:45 p.m. -- 33rd Illinois Regiment
Band, circle concert, bandstand courtyard
2:30 p.m. -- Battle of Pea Ridge,
Day 2, battlefield
3:30 p.m. -- Pass and review, with
all participating units recognized and presented by President
Lincoln, Gen. Curtis and Gen. Van Dorn
4 p.m. -- Camps close
The
schedule is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
The next annual re-enactment is
scheduled for April 21-23, 2006.
For more information or a free
brochure, contact the Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau at
(800) 383-1219 or
keokukia@interl.net or visit
www.keokukiowatourism.org.
[Keokuk
Area Convention and Tourism Bureau news release]
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