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CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Fort Ward Museum
CATEGORIES:Fort Ward Park
CATEGORIES:Holiday Event
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:Imported on Oct 3\, 2026\, 70 days before the event.\nTo verif
 y info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?
 si=63701\n\nGet in the holiday spirit and learn how Christmas was observe
 d during the Civil War at Fort Ward Museum's annual Civil War Christmas i
 n Camp program on Saturday\, December 12\, 2025\, from 12-4 p.m.  This po
 pular family-oriented event features a patriotic Civil War Santa Claus\, 
 reenactors in winter camp settings\, and period decorations. Christmas in
  Camp The program features a Civil War-era Union Santa Claus\, based on a
 n 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 winte
 r camps that are decorated for the season\, and celebrate by opening Chri
 stmas boxes from home and singing carols of the period around the campfir
 e. The Museum will be decorated with festive greenery and a Victorian par
 lor tree.  Children can make a holiday card or ornament.  A variety of Ci
 vil War books and "stocking stuffers" are available in the Museum shop.  
 Fort Ward is the best preserved of the Union forts in the extensive syste
 m known as the Defenses of Washington.  The Museum offers exhibits and pu
 blic programs throughout the year.  Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site is l
 ocated at 4301 West Braddock Road in the City of Alexandria.  \n\nFor mor
 e information about this program\, please call 703.746.4848\, or visit al
 exandria.gov/FortWard.\n\nLocation: Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock R
 d.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Family\, Fort Ward Museum\, Fort W
 ard Park\, Holiday Event\, Museums
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LOCATION:Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.
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SUMMARY:Christmas in Camp
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Oct 3\, 2026\, 70 days before the
  event.<br />To verify info please see <a href="https://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=63701">https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cal
 endarTest/Detail.aspx?si=63701</a><br />\n<br />Get in the holiday spirit
  and learn how Christmas was observed during the Civil War at Fort Ward M
 useum?s annual Civil War Christmas in Camp program on Saturday\, December
  12\, 2025\, from 12-4 p.m.  This popular family-oriented event features 
 a patriotic Civil War Santa Claus\, reenactors in winter camp settings\, 
 and period decorations. Christmas in Camp The program features a Civil Wa
 r-era Union Santa Claus\, based on an 1863 cover of Harper?s Weekly by ar
 tist Thomas Nast\, who will interact with the public\, welcome children t
 o the reconstructed Officers? Hut\, and visit soldiers in camp.  Reenacto
 rs will interpret army life in winter camps that are decorated for the se
 ason\, and celebrate by opening Christmas boxes from home and singing car
 ols of the period around the campfire. The Museum will be decorated with 
 festive greenery and a Victorian parlor tree.  Children can make a holida
 y card or ornament.  A variety of Civil War books and ?stocking stuffers?
  are available in the Museum shop.  Fort Ward is the best preserved of th
 e Union forts in the extensive system known as the Defenses of Washington
 .  The Museum offers exhibits and public programs throughout the year.  F
 ort Ward Museum &amp\; Historic Site is located at 4301 West Braddock Roa
 d in the City of Alexandria.  \n<br />\n<br />For more information about 
 this program\, please call 703.746.4848\, or visit alexandria.gov/FortWar
 d.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Fort Ward Museum\, 4301 W. Braddock Rd.\n<br 
 />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Family\, Fort Ward Museum\, Fo
 rt Ward Park\, Holiday Event\, Museums
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