THURSDAY, JUNE 24
Homefront

6:30–8:30
pm

Downtown Holland Street Performer Series
The popular Street Performance Series takes place in Downtown Holland every Thursday night from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm this summer! This installment features reenactors, musicians, historians and other period-style entertainers.

FRIDAY, JUNE 25
Homefront

7:00–10:30
pm

Community Dance at Holland Armory
The public is invited to attend -- all ages, no partner needed. Beginners and experienced dancers welcomed!  Holland Area Arts Council will be on-hand with crafts for kids and lessons in the ‘language of the fan.’

SATURDAY, JUNE 26
Van Raalte Farm

SATURDAY,
JUNE 26
Homefront

9:00
am

Event opens to the public

10:00
am

Holland Museum opens
Focus gallery exhibition "Thank God for Michigan!" featuring locally-collected Civil War objects and photographs

Holland Area Arts Council opens
A Civil War era quilt exhibit, demonstrations on rug hooking, spinning, and weaving.  Craft activities for kids!

10:00

Presentation by Major Perry Bennet, U.S. historian, on The Battle of Utoy Creek
Holland Area Arts Council on-hand with kids’ crafts.

11:30

Special impression: Pres. Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, "Who Would Jack Vote For?"
The 1864 election campaign, with all its twists and turns, might make today's politicians blush.

1:30
pm

Form for public battle

2:00

Battle begins

Special impression: Pres. Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, "Who Would Jack Vote For?"
The 1864 election campaign, with all its twists and turns, might make today's politicians blush.

5:00

Presentation area closes

7:00

Civil War Ball

9:00

Camp closes to public

9:30

Last shuttle run

SUNDAY, JUNE 27
Van Raalte Farm

SUNDAY,
JUNE 27
Homefront

9:00
am

Confederate Drill
Camps open to public
Special impressions area open

12:00
pm

Holland Museum opens
Focus gallery exhibition "Thank God for Michigan!" featuring locally-collected Civil War objects and photographs

10:00

Presentation by Major Perry Bennet, U.S. historian, on The Battle of Utoy Creek

11:00

Period-style church service

12:00
pm

Special impression: Pres. Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, "Why did he wait so long?"
The journey of Lincoln's arrival at the Emancipation Proclamation and why he issued it when he did

5:00

Holland Museum closes

1:30

Form for public battle

2:00

Battle begins

3:00

Battle ends
Pass in review

3:30

Unit dismissal