CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AT HIWAN HOMESTEAD MUSEUM!

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CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AT HIWAN HOMESTEAD MUSEUM

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces in Charleston, South Carolina, fired on Fort Sumter, sparking the beginning of the American Civil War. To commemorate this 150th anniversary, Hiwan Homestead Museum will present a Civil War soldiers? encampment on Sunday, April 17, 2011. This free event will run from Noon to 5 P.M. and will feature Civil War reenactors demonstrating weapons, camp life, food, and drill typical of the military in the 1860?s.

Hiwan Homestead Museum is located at 4208 S. Timbervale Dr., Evergreen, CO 80439. The Museum is open from Noon to 5 P.M., Tuesday through Sunday. Inside the Museum, Jefferson County Historical Society is presenting a special exhibit entitled ?Fateful Lightning: Colorado in the Civil War, 1861-1865?. Admission to the Museum is free.

Hiwan Homestead Museum is a 25-room log mansion constructed in the Rustic style of architecture. It is located in Evergreen at 4208 S. Timbervale Drive. Hiwan Homestead Museum is a Jefferson County Open Space facility operated in partnership with the Jefferson County Historical Society. The Museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.