Adventure Day

Harry Goodman Battlefield Adventure Day is a day full of learning activities, period games and living history.

Guests will be greeted by re-enactors from the 5th and 7th North Carolina Regiments, the 35th US Colored Troops, and artillery troops. The newly enlisted recruits participate in practice drills, Civil War period camp activities, crafts, and games. Adults and teens will enjoy living history presentations and a walking tour of the battlefield. The afternoon’s activities will conclude with an exciting mock battle reenactment that includes the children, a live fire canon demonstration and delicious hot apple crisp made by the participants.  The young recruits will “muster out” and receive their pay for their service. 

Displays and demonstrations will include Civil War-era medical displays, hand-carved toys and period games, military camp life display, historic equipment and tool displays, demonstration on making pine pitch and tar, make your own “True Tar Heel” certificate, and Cavalry horse display, and the Library TechMobile with historical resources and free wifi.
Cost: $5 per family member with a $20 maximum for a family. Check-in begins at 12:30 pm.