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State Park Hosts Union Garrison at Fort Clinch

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-Visitors invited to interpretive program portraying soldier’s life in 1864-

FERNANDINA BEACH – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Fort Clinch State Park will host a Union Garrison event on Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5. The event will feature soldiers in period costume involved in marching drills, cooking and daily activities, allowing visitors to interact with living historians and experience life in the fort as it was in 1864.

For additional information, contact the park at (904) 277-7274 or visit www.FloridaStateParks.org.

The event will take place:
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 5, 2008

Fort Clinch State Park, 2601 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Florida

2008 Revolutionary Perspectives Lecture Series

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All lectures take place in the Savannah History Museum Theatre (303 MLK, Jr. Blvd.) at 7pm. Each is preceded by a light reception in the museum lobby at 6:30 p.m. Please call (912) 651-3673 for more information.

Tuesday, September 16th: Documentary Premier: “Revolutionary Savannah,” half-hour television program by filmmaker Michael Jordan. Followed by presentation by archaeologist Rita Elliott on recent battle-related archaeology in downtown Savannah.

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Colonial Game Night: Skittles – St Simons Island, Georgia

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Visit the Fort and learn how to play the old colonial game skittles. You can also hang out at the fort and watch the sunset over the marsh.

Fort Frederica, 6515 Frederica Road on St Simons Island, Georgia

for more informatin, visit Fort Fredericas website or call (912) 638-3639 www.nps.gov/fofr