Christmas in Camp at Fort Ward

Get in the holiday spirit and learn how Christmas was observed during the Civil War at Fort Ward Museum’s annual Civil War Christmas in Camp program.
Title:Christmas in Camp at Fort Ward
Date & Time:Saturday, December 9, 2023 • 12-4 p.m.
Location:Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, 4301 W. Braddock Rd. (Map This)
Event Details:The program features a Civil War-era Union Santa Claus, based on an 1863 cover of Harper’s Weekly by artist Thomas Nast, who will interact with the public, welcome children to the reconstructed Officers’ Hut, and visit soldiers in camp. Reenactors will interpret army life in winter camps that are decorated for the season, and celebrate by opening Christmas boxes from home, singing carols of the period around the campfire, and preparing holiday meals. The Museum will be decorated with festive greenery and a Victorian parlor tree. Children can make a holiday card or ornament. A variety of Civil War books and “stocking stuffers” are available in the Museum shop.
Fees:Free
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Family, Fort Ward Museum, Holiday Event, Living History, Museums


For event details visit https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/?55722
QR Code

Top