2010 Event Schedule  

(Updated 2/2/10)

Sunday, February 7                           38^th Annual Open House at the Lincoln Memorial Shrine

Celebrate the life of our 16^th President at the Lincoln Memorial Shrine from noon to 3 pm at 125 West Vine Street. Redlands.

Tuesday, February 9                         Civil War Book Club

7:30 pm      The monthly discussion group of the Richard Rollins Civil War Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Drum Barracks Library. This month the group will discuss The Nature of Sacrifice, a biography of Charles Russell Lowell, by Carol Bundy.

Friday, February 12                           78^th Annual Watchorn Lincoln Dinner at Lincoln Memorial Shrine

Featured speaker will be Jason Emerson on “The Madness of Mary Lincoln.” Held at the University of Redlands Orton Center, the reception is at 5:45 with dinner at 6:30 pm.  Tickets are $35, (909) 798-7632.

Sat. and Sun., February 13-14          Knotts Berry Farm Grand Military Encampment

(714) 220-5244

Saturday, February 20                      The Great LA Air Raid

Noon to 8 pm.     Fort MacArthur remembers this mysterious and controversial event in San Pedro and coastal Los Angeles history.  

Fri., Sat. and Sun. February 26-28   NCWA Winter Quarters Conference

The NCWA and Benicia Historical Museum host the winter conference held at the Camel Barns and Benicia High School . See  www.oldtruckantiques.com/winterquarters/  for registration information. Speakers include Mark Stevens, historian and professor; Juanita Leisch, author of many books, including Who Wore What;  Les Jensen, historian, author and president and charter member of The Company of Military Historians;  Nick Sekela, clothing designer/pattern maker and proprietor of Historic Clothiers; Scott Thomas, blacksmith at Ardenwood Farm; Gordon Frye, historical, military consultant and guest speaker;  Greg Jennings, historian and member of the Coast Defense Studies Group;  Elizabeth Pigeon-Ontis, historical architect and William Dunniway, Collodion Artist.

Sunday, March 4                               Civil War Battle Reenactments at Fort Tejon State Historical Park

Held on the third Sunday of the month: March 4, April 18, May 16, August 15 (Invitational) and Sept. 19.

Battles are held at 10:30 am and 1 pm.  Guided tours of the camps are given between battles. (661) 248-6692. Tejon@forttejon.org.

Sat. and Sun., March 6-7                  Vista Reenactment

10 am to 5 pm. Hosted by the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe Avenue, Vista. Battles will be at 12 noon and 2 pm with living history tours, demonstrations and displays offered all day.

Tuesday, March 9                              Civil War Book Club

7:30 pm      The monthly discussion group of the Richard Rollins Civil War Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Drum Barracks Library. This month the group will discuss Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren by Eric J. Wittenberg.

Sat. and Sun., March 13-14             Civil War in the Southwest Reenactment

9:30 am to 3 pm at Picacho Peak State Park outside Phoenix AZ. (520) 466-3183

Sat. and Sun., March 20-21              St. Catherine’s Military Academy Reenactment

9:30 am to 3 pm at St. Catherine’s Military Academy, 215 N. Harbor Blvd, Anaheim. CA. (714) 772-1363.

Fri., Sat. and Sun., April 10-11         Prado Regional Park Reenactment

SCCWA.com. (909) 590-1764

Tuesday, April 13                              Civil War Book Club

7:30 pm      The monthly discussion group of the Richard Rollins Civil War Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Drum Barracks Library. This month the group will discuss The Battle of Glorietta Pass: Union Victory in the West by Don E. Alberts

Tuesday, May 11                               Civil War Book Club

7:30 pm      The monthly discussion group of the Richard Rollins Civil War Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Drum Barracks Library.  This month the group will discuss The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers 1861-1865 by Andrew E. Masich.

Sat. Sun. and Mon., May 29-31         ACWA Reenactment at Roaring Camp Railroad 

29^th Annual event held at Roaring Camp Railroad in Felton, CA (north of Santa Cruz) with Civil War battles and encampment by members of the ACWA.

Sat. and Sun., June 5-6                     Dragoons at Fort Tejon: California’s Civil War

10 am to 3 pm at Fort Tejon State Historical Park

Tuesday, June 8                                Civil War Book Club

7:30 pm      The monthly discussion group of the Richard Rollins Civil War Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Drum Barracks Library. This month the group will discuss The Damned Red Flags of Rebellion: the Confederate Battle Flag at Gettysburg by Rich Rollins.

Saturday, June 12                             Wilmington Family Picnic

Sunday, July 4                                   Dragoons at Fort Tejon: Fourth of July Celebration 1856

10 am to 2pm at Fort Tejon State Historical Park.

Sat. and Sun., July 10 and 11           Old Fort MacArthur Days

Sat. and Sun., July 31- Aug. 1          Long Beach Reenactment

El Dorado East Regional Park, Long Beach

Sat. and Sun., Sept. 4 and 5             Huntington Beach Reenactment

Central Park, in Huntington Beach

Sat. and Sun., Oct. 2 and 3            Fresno Reenactment: The Civil War Revisited

Held in Kearney Park in Fresno.

Sat. and Sun., Nov. 6 and 7              Moorpark Reenactment

The ninth annual "The Blue and the Gray” event held at Tierra Rejada Ranch, 3370 Sunset Valley Rd., Moorpark, CA. Opens at 10 am.

Fri., Sat. and Sun., Nov. 12-14          West Coast Civil War Round Table Conference

The 26th Annual West Coast Civil War Conference presents “Blood on the Ramparts: Civil War Coastal Defenses” at San Francisco, California, November 12-14, 2010. Sponsored by Friends of Civil War Alcatraz and the San Francisco Civil War Roundtable.

Saturday, November 27                    “Decorate the Drum” Day

10 am to 5 pm  Join our volunteers as we pull out those Civil War-era decorations and cover the Museum from top to bottom in Christmas cheer. All hands are needed for whatever amount of time you have available!

Sat. and Sun., December 4 and 5    “A Civil War Christmas”

From 11 am to 4 pm, this will be the 11^th annual holiday celebration at the Museum. The Banning Museum will rejoin us for this festive holiday event and the horse-drawn trolley will be back as well.

Sunday, December 12                       Wilmington Holiday Parade

Starting at noon, the parade moves down Avalon Boulevard.