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Living History Weekend

February 25, 2020

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Head over to Camp Milton Historic Preserve for this free event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while!

Living History Weekend

February 25, 2020

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Head over to Camp Milton Historic Preserve for this free event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while!

Living History Weekend

February 25, 2020

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Head over to Camp Milton Historic Preserve for this free event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while!

Living History Weekend

February 25, 2020

THIS EVENT IS CANCELED. Head over to Camp Milton Historic Preserve for this free event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while!

Living History Weekend

December 14, 2018

Join us for this FREE event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while! Note: 10 AM start and 3 PM end times are approximate due to reenactors and volunteers mustering for … Read more

Living History Weekend

December 14, 2018

Join us for this FREE event featuring daily battle reenactments, historical activities and more. Watch 1864 Jacksonville come to life with scripted scenarios and first-person reenactments of skirmishes, raids and civilian town life. Pack a picnic lunch and plan to stay a while! Note: 10 AM start and 3 PM end times are approximate due to reenactors and volunteers mustering for … Read more

Civil war era gun crew shoots a cannon

Thunder on the River

December 14, 2018

Visitors of all ages can experience what life was like during the Civil War in military camps and on the home front. Come see Union and Confederate soldiers, nineteenth century cooking, weapons demonstrations, and cannon firings at Fort Caroline.

Thunder on the River

December 14, 2018

Visitors of all ages can experience what life was like during the Civil War in military camps and on the home front. Come see Union and Confederate soldiers, nineteenth century cooking, weapons demonstrations, and cannon firings at Fort Caroline.

Woman in 18th century attire separates cotton at Timucuan Preserve Harvest Day event

Harvest Day at Kingsley Plantation

December 14, 2018

Fall marks the end of the growing season at Kingsley Plantation, so come out to learn about the work that went on at the plantation. Join the National Park Service for a day of living history demonstrations. Natural dyeing, butter churning, cotton spinning, cooking, and a tabby-making demonstration are just a few of the activities to see.

Harvest Day at Kingsley Plantation

December 14, 2018

Fall marks the end of the growing season at Kingsley Plantation, so come out to learn about the work that went on at the plantation. Join the National Park Service for a day of living history demonstrations. Natural dyeing, butter churning, cotton spinning, cooking, and a tabby-making demonstration are just a few of the activities to see.