May 24th - 26th, 2024
Overlook Park; Newcomb, NY
ThursDAY 23rd
SCHOOL FUNCTION ONLY
Overview and informational talk
at the Newcomb School
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Pre-K to Grade 6
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Grades 7 to 12
FRIDAY 24th
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Guide boat exhibit at
the Seeley Exhibit Hall
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7:00 pm
Open to public, community campfire,
meet and greet, ancestral flag ceremony
SATURDAY 25th
9:00 am
Camp opens to public; artillery firing
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9:15 am
Troops form for drill & inspection
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9:30 am
Infantry drill
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10:00 am
Children’s infantry drill,
guide boat exhibit at the Seeley Exhibit Hall
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10:30 am
Artillery demonstration & drill
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11:00 am
118th N. Y. informational talk at pavilion
(Maj. Pete Gilbert & Historian Joan Burke)
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12:00 pm
Newcomb recruit talk at pavilion
(Surgeon Wayne Waite)
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1:00 pm
Memorial ceremony (roll call of the dead)
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2:30 pm
Veteran's flag folding ceremony
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3:30 pm
Bayonet drill
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4:30 pm
Mail Call (1st Sgt. Jeff Childs)
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5:00 pm
Camps and guide boat exhibit closed to public
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7:00 pm
Camps open for guided candlelight walk (introduction at the Overlook Park entrance), artillery & infantry night fire. Camps closed at completion of candlelight walk
SUNDAY 26th
9:00 am
Camps open to public; artillery fire
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9:15 am
Troops form for inspection & drill
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10:00 am
Guide boat exhibit at the Seeley Exhibit Hall
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10:00 am
Newcomb recruit talk at pavilion
(Surgeon Wayne Waite)
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11:00 am
Church services
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12:30 pm
Troops form for inspection
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1:00 pm
Fallen comrade memorial ceremony
(for Sgt. Steve Burgess)
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2:00 pm
Closing ceremonies
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3:00 pm
Camps closed to public
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5:00 pm
Guide boat exhibit closed for the day
Things of Interest to See:
Things of Interest to See: Christian Commission display, spinning wheel display, quilting display, medical hospital display, candle making display, woman soldiers display, ladies in the Civil War, 118th N.Y. recruiting tent & information.
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