activities
Greenfield Village offers you the opportunity to learn about and challenge the many
viewpoints of the Civil War period. Hear from both Union and Confederate soldiers along
with the people on the home fronts as they present Civil War Remembrance.
SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT
The Dodworth Saxhorn Band, America’s premier 19th-century brass ensemble, will
perform a variety of music popular during the time of the Civil War.
See below for specific performance times.
RECOGNITION, COMMEMORATION &
PRESENTATIONS
Special Recognition Badges
For veterans and active-duty armed
services members
Saturday, 9:30am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5pm
(Outside Village Pavilion)
Michigan Civil War Battle Flags
Preservation With John Gibney
Uniforms, battle relics and artifacts
Saturday, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am, 1pm and 3pm
(Miller School)
What We Wore — Fashions of the Past
Fashion show and lecture by Beth Turza
Saturday, 12pm and 4pm
Sunday, 12:30pm
(Town Hall Porch)
Memorial Day Commemoration
With historian William Hendricks
Monday only, 12pm
(Village Green)
Union Regimental Headquarters
Saturday, 9:30am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5pm
(Susquehanna Plantation)
Sutlers Row
Sutlers were traveling merchants and
purveyors. Stop by Sutlers Row to
purchase authentically reproduced goods
of the era.
All day
(Near Town Hall)
Sock-Making Demonstration
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-12pm & 13pm
(Weaving Shop)
MILITARY & CIVILIAN CAMPS
Confederate Military Camp
All day
(Near Logan County Courthouse)
Confederate Civilian Camp
All day
(Near Edison Illuminating)
Union Military Camp
All day
(Near Susquehanna Plantation)
Union Civilian Camp
All day
(Near Mulberry Grove)
MILITARY REENACTMENTS
Fall In! Marching and Drill Practices
Saturday, 10:30am-12:30pm
Monday, 9:50am-11:30am
(Village Green)
Bayonet Drills
Sunday only, 11:30am
(Village Green)
Cavalry Demonstration With the
Michigan Cavalry Brigade
Saturday, 4pm
Sunday and Monday, 2pm
(Walnut Grove)
Artillery Firing Demonstration
Narrated by Al Day
Saturday, 5pm
Sunday and Monday, 3pm
(Walnut Grove)
Tactical Demonstration
Narrated by William Hendricks
Saturday, 6pm
Sunday and Monday, 4pm
NEW Songs That Tell a Story
(Walnut Grove)
Narration and exhibit of Civil War-era sheet
music.
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES
Saturday, 12-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-5pm
Show Your Support
(Town Hall)
Saturday, 9:30am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5pm
Civil War Resource Center
(Edison Homestead)
Saturday, 12-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-5pm
Enlist in the Army
(Village Pavilion)
Sign up and receive a reproduction
Volunteer Enlistment paper
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Saturday, 9:30am-7pm
All in Village Pavilion
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5pm
(Phoenixville Post Office)
The Eagle Standard, From Rome 200 BC
to Appomattox 1865 AD
Mustering In and Drill
Presented by Dennis Wynn, bronze eagle Once you’ve enlisted
historian, Michigan
Saturday, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:15pm,
Saturday, 1pm and Monday, 3pm
4:15pm and 5:45pm
Sunday, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:15pm and
4:15pm
Serving the Country in Harvest Field:
Monday, 10:30am, 2:15pm and 4:15pm
Women in 19th-Century Agriculture
(Logan County Courthouse)
Presented by K. Krewer, material culture
historian, Michigan
Saturday, 2pm and Monday, 2pm
DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS
Until Antietam: The Life and Letters of
Major General Israel B. Richardson, U.S.
Army
Presented by Jack C. Mason, Michigan
author
Saturday, 3pm, followed by book signing
How I Got Over
Saturday, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3pm, 5pm and
6pm
Sunday and Monday, 12:30pm, 2pm and
3pm
(Susquehanna Plantation)
A Variety of Patterns and Colors:
Clothing Textiles in Mid-19th-Century
America
Presented by Carolann Schmitt, material
culture historian, Pennsylvania
Saturday, 4pm and Sunday, 2pm
The Breath of Emancipation
Saturday, 1pm, 2:30pm, 4:30pm and
5:30pm
Sunday, 12pm and 1:30pm
Monday, 1pm and 2:30pm
(Hermitage Slave Quarters)
Overshirts and Long-Top Boots,
Laborer’s Clothing in the Mid-19th
Century
Presented by Brian Koenig, material culture
historian, Pennsylvania
Saturday, 5pm and Sunday, 3pm
MUSIC
Loomis’ Battery, First Michigan Light
Artillery, Battery A
Presented by Matthew C. Switlik, Civil War
and antique ordinance historian, Michigan
Sunday, 4pm
Onward Christian General: O.O.
Howard’s Lifelong Attempt to Rectify
His Legacy at Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg
Presented by Scott L. Stabler, PhD, Grand
The Dodworth Saxhorn Band
Saturday, 2pm, 3:15pm and 5:15pm
Saturday evening concert at 7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am, 2pm amd 3pm
(Town Hall)
Camp Chase Fifes and Drums
Sunday, 10:30am, 11:30am, 2:30pm and
3:30pm
Monday, 10:30am, 2:30pm and 3:30pm
(Scotch Settlement School)
DINING HOURS
Eagle Tavern
Saturday, 11am-8pm
Valley State University, Michigan
Monday, 1pm
ACTIVITIES, ARTIFACTS AND STORIES
All in Village Pavilion
Original Army and Navy Artifacts
from the Civil War by Jack Barnhart
and Kraig Lawson
Original military artifacts from the 1860s
Mysteries Uncovered: Details of Dress
for the Civil War Civilian
Original 1860s civilian clothing,
accessories, undergarments and authentic
collections
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
A Taste of History®
Saturday, 9:30am-9pm
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5pm
State Street Lunch Stand
Saturday, 11am-8pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
Mrs. Fisher’s Southern Cooking
Saturday, 11am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
Tea at Cotswold Cottage
Saturday, 11am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
Research Your Civil War Ancestors With
Civil War Historian Dale R. Niesen
Frozen Custard
Learn about your family ancestry
Saturday, 11am-9pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-5pm
“The Last Camp” Poem
See the original poem written by J. Wesley Carousel Confections
Benedict of Port Huron, Michigan, in 1872 Saturday, 11am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
Original Bronze Civil War Flag Staff
Eagles From Northern Regiments by
Dennis Wynn
The Eagle Standard, From Rome 200 BC
to Appomattox 1865 AD by Dennis Wynn
Loomis’ Battery Exhibit by Matthew C.
Switlik
Meet the soldiers and see one of the
original artillery pieces from the First
Michigan Light Artillery, Battery A, that was
captured by Confederates at the Battle of
Chickamauga.
Robert Hendershot, Drummer Boy of the
Rappahannock
See the ornate jacket Robert Hendershot
wore when he played his military drum at
veterans events in the 1880s and 1890s.
This Civil War veteran used his savvy
promotional skills to garner fame as the
legendary, brave “Drummer Boy of the
Rappahannock.”
Michigan Civil War Soldiers
Artifacts and stories from the collections of
The Henry Ford include photographs of
Henry Ford’s uncles, John and Barney
Litogot, of the 24th Michigan Volunteer
Infantry; the sword of Captain Joshua
Slayton of the 13th Michigan Infantry; and
an oil painting of the Michigan Cavalry
Sir John Bennett Sweet Shop
Saturday, 11am-8pm
Sunday and Monday, 11am-4pm
Owl Night Wagon
Saturday-Monday, 8am-12pm
SHOPPING HOURS
Greenfield Village Store
Saturday, 9:30am-9:30pm
Sunday and Monday, 9:30am-5:30pm
Liberty Craftworks Store
Saturday, 10am-7pm
Sunday and Monday, 10am-5pm
Main Street Emporium
Saturday, 9:30am-9:30pm
Sunday and Monday, 10am-5pm
Brigade Monument at Gettysburg.
Civil War Resource Center
Army & Navy Artifacts, Mysteries
Uncovered: Dress for the Civil War Civilian,
Special Clothing Presentations, Civil War
Bronze Eagles, Research Your Civil War
Ancestors, “The Last Camp” Poem Display,
The Eagle Standard, Loomis Battery
Exhibit, Drummer Boy of the
Rappahannock and Michigan Civil War
soldier artifacts and stories from the
collections of The Henry Ford®
pricing
All activities are free with Village admission.
MEMBERS free of charge
NON-MEMBER SENIORS age 62 & up, $22
ADULTS age 13-61, $24
YOUTH age 5-12, $17.50
CHILDREN 4 & under are free.
Parking is $5 per vehicle.