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Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. A book of tickets is enclosed in this newsletter. Money and stubs can be returned to the Friends @ PO Box 192, Burkittsville, MD 21718. Those wanting more tickets can write, stop by the museum or call Marge Magruder @ (301) 371-6923. Tickets will also be available on the FOG web site (www.gathland.org). The drawing will be held on December 9, at the Museums by Candlelight celebration.
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was
over. Soldiers will be standing guard on their picket post,
doctors will be tending the wounded and soldiers will be writing
letters home describing the battle. Over 50 reenactors will
be enlisted to help with the scenes. Chris Anders and the
"Liberty Rifles" will be holding down most of these positions with
some help from other groups as the need arises. Tour guides
will take the spectators through the various scenes using lanterns
to give the visitors the feeling that they are there on the night
after the battle.
Guides and docents are needed anyone interested contact Marge at
(301) 371-6923.
Civil
War Living History Weekend at the Park - Saturday and Sunday, September
9 and 10 from 10 am to 3 pm. The
Friends and South Mountain Recreation Area will again be hosting
the Union and Confederate Historians at the park. It is a
great way for families to get "up close and personal" with the historians
and learn a little something while they are at it. The Friends
will be providing dinner for the Historians on Saturday night.
South Mountain Reenactment
in Boonsboro
The Friends will be participating at the reenactment again
this year with the Cigar and Brandy night as well as a booth and
the art raffle. Anyone who wants to help man the booth can
call Marge Magruder @ (301) 371-6923. And this year we have
the cigars!!!
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Volunteers
at the Park
On June 21, a group of 23 teens from the United Methodist
Church in Middletown volunteered at the park. They replaced
the fence around the barn, weeded the beds at the Hall, spread
mulch, and regraded the brick walk. Staff from Greenbrier
used a bulldozer to clear some of the "steps" below the Arch
and the volunteers raked, spread seed and then hay.
We extend our thanks to this group of energetic young people
for volunteering part of their summer vacation to help us.
Dorothy Rasmussen,
Townsend's great-grand-daughter, visited Gathland in late
April. She stayed with Marge and Duke Magruder, who
hosted a small party for her while she was here. She
was very impressed with the improvements that the Friends
have made at the park since she was here for the Centennial
of the Arch in 1996. She also brought some photos of
the estate, Townsend and relatives that are not in the FOG
collection and was kind enough to leave them so that they
can be copied. Our thanks to Dan Patrell of Diversion
Publications who will be scan the photos and put them on CD's.
Art
Raffle
The art raffle we had last year was so successful, we decided
to repeat it! This year we have a beautifully framed
print of Mort Kuntzler's Sharpsburg
War Council.
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Saturday,
August 19th, Civil War Candlelight Tour This
summer will see a first for Gathland State Park in the form of a
guided candlelight tour on August 19th, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00
p.m. The tour will be $2.00 per person for those 12 and above, funds
generated will go towards the interpretation of the new state battlefield.
The museum will be open during the event.
The tour will feature six vignettes depicting scenes from the area
after the battle the evening of September 14, 1862. There
will also be a lecture at the shelter to give an overall view of
the Battle of South Mountain and it's role in the Maryland Campaign.
The scenes will depict actions that would typically be seen around
the gap after the fighting
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