May 26
Forest Therapy
This program is an introduction on how nature welcomes us into its healing and health-giving qualities.
1:00pm to 3:00pm
- Camps & Programs Guide
- Free
- Nature
- Roving Naturalists
May 27
Retreat Ceremony at Ball’s Bluff Cemetery
The Friends of Ball's Bluff would like to invite everyone to attend a Retreat Ceremony at the Ball's Bluff Cemetery at 5 PM on Monday, 27 May 2019 to honor those soldiers who fell during this battle.
5:00pm to 5:30pm
- History & Educational
Jun 22 to Jun 23
Hancock Society Cannon Training.
Join members of the W.S. Hancock Society’s Branch of Historical Interpretation on the Ball's Bluff Battlefield as they represent members of the artillery in a “non-firing” interactive interpretive program that will discuss the workings of the field artillery and vital role that it played during the American Civil War.
9:00am to 3:00pm
- History & Educational
Jul 4
Cannon Demonstration & Period Civil War Music Concert
The Friends of Ball's Bluff will conduct a cannon demonstration to include the firing of blank ammunition the afternoon of the 4th of July at the Ball's Bluff Battlefield. Accompanying this event will be a Civil War-era band concert that will play popular music of that time.
(All day)
- History & Educational
Aug 10
Regiments in Depth event at Balch Library
Join the Friends of Ball's Bluff as we conduct a panel on the 1st California Infantry Regiment. This Union regiment fought at Ball's Bluff and throughout many of the major battles of the Civil War. Learn about how a unit recruited from the Philadelphia area became the California Regiment and their impact and sacrifice during the war.
10:30am to 12:30pm
- Free
- History & Educational
Oct 19
158th Anniversary of the Battle of Ball's Bluff
Join us for the 158th Anniversary of the Battle of Ball's Bluff. Events include cannon firing, Civil-War era band concert, a reenactor’s campout during the day. The highlight of the evening will be an illumination with 259 candles along the former cart path in remembrance of the men who died at Ball’s Bluff in October 1861, along with readings of prominent authors about the battle.
(All day)
- Free
- History & Educational