CIVIL WAR DAYS 2011 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO STORM DAMAGE TO HISTORIC FORT WAYNE OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF DAMAGED TREES AND A FEW DOWNED POWER WIRES. LOOK FOR CIVIL WAR DAYS TO RETURN TO THE FORT IN 2012! |
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![]() Meet soldiers in their native environment - one of the country’s few remaining star forts. This one was built to defend the Detroit area in the early 1840s. |
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| Meet interpreters portraying historical personalities such as: | |
![]() President Lincoln |
![]() Frederick Douglass |
![]() Michigan’s Governor Blair |
![]() Michigan's Senator Howard |
![]() See Full Scale artillery and watch their firing demonstrations |
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Watch a vintage 1860's baseball game.
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Get a taste of what you will see by viewing images from past Civil War Days. Detroit Free Press images of Civil War Days 2010. |
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