CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! We're looking for people willing to help us make our Park Day 2018 Volunteer Event a success by leading small groups of 5-6 volunteers in our work to remove invasive exotic plants and trash from Fortress Rosecrans, Old Fort Park, and the Lytle Creek Greenway. We're expecting more than 200 volunteers for …
Following the Civil War, a Freedmen's community known as Cemetery emerged on the landscape where the Battle of Stones River had raged. Park rangers along with representatives of the African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County, the Friends of Stones River National Battlefield and Middle Tennessee State University will take visitors to several sites where …
11 AM - The Eye of the Storm - Learn about the quiet but critical events of New Year's Day that shaped the outcome of the Battle of Stones River. (30 minutes) 1 PM - First Day Hike - Follow a ranger and explore the battlefield while discovering the many layers of history on the …
Celebrate Arts in the Parks with these talented local musicians as they share songs that entertained and stirred emotions in soldiers and civilians during the Civil War. They will present three 45-miute concerts near the visitor center at 11 AM, 1 PM & 2 PM. Home Sweet Home Band - Bios Rob Pearcy – Rob …
Join us for a weekend of talks and living history demonstrations featuring the speed and mobility of the mounted arms that squared off during the Battle of Stones River. DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE 11 AM - Confederate Hoofbeats - Watch Confederate cavalry demonstrate their movements and weapons and learn how Confederate cavalry evolved to become perhaps …
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE MADE BY CALLING 615-893-9501 STARTING AT 9 AM ON MONDAY September 4, 2017. Join a park ranger for an hour-long walk by lantern light through Stones River National Cemetery. Visitors will get a chance to appreciate the human stories housed within the cemetery by listening to soldiers and civilians …
History records the Battle of Stones River as one of the most important Union victories of the war, but that was not a sure thing when the fighting began at dawn on December 31, 1862. Confederate soldiers across the battlefield felt their hopes rise as the battle raged and victory seemed within their grasp only …
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE MADE BY CALLING 615-893-9501 STARTING AT 9 AM ON MONDAY JULY 17, 2017. Join a park ranger for an hour-long walk by lantern light through Stones River National Cemetery. Visitors will get a chance to appreciate the human stories housed within the cemetery by listening to soldiers and civilians …
As spring turned to summer in 1863, the armies that had ravaged each other at the Battle of Stones River prepared to once again struggle for control of Tennessee. The past six months had seen remarkable changes in the Union Army of the Cumberland while conditions in the Confederate Army of Tennessee saw little improvement. …
THIS PROGRAM IS FILLED TO CAPACITY. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE SATURDAY JULY 22, 2017. RESERVATIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM MUST BE MADE BY CALLING 615-893-9501 STARTING AT 9 AM ON MONDAY JULY 17th. Join a park ranger for an hour-long walk by lantern light through Stones River National Cemetery. Visitors will get a chance to …