THE BEN NEWTON MEMORIAL
CIVIL WAR EVENT
May 2 & 3, 2009
 

Come and join us for one of the premier Civil War Re-enactment Events in the Northeast!

Witness Living History coming alive, as you...
 
Civil War camps at Newtown Visit the camps of the Union
and Confederate Armies;

Stroll among the rows of white tents;

Talk to the re-enactors;

Learn what life was like as a soldier during our country's War Between the States.

 

 

Young ladies serving 'Tater Soup.

Enjoy a steaming cup of our delicious
   'Tater Soup, cooked in a kettle over
an open fire.


Take a beautiful nighttime Candlelight Tour
of the camps.

 
Ladies' Civil War Fashion Show
 

 

Watch a Civil War Ladies' Fashion Show;

Learn about the clothing of the time and
how it was worn.

 

 

 

 
 
   
Watch, enthralled, as the Union Army and the Confederate Army "fire" upon each other
in an exciting re-enactment of a Civil War battle.
 
Confederates Firing Union Soldiers Firing
 

 


Join us for all this, and more!

Click here to see photos from our 2007 event.
 

Public Schedule
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Candlelight Tours!
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Re-enactor Registration Information.