Copyright 2007 The Texas Civil War Museum, Fort Worth, TX 76108
The Texas Civil War Museum is a 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation
The Texas Civil War Museum is a 501c3 Non-Profit Corporation
Battle for Lake Bellmead
May 16-18
Bellmead, Texas
May 16-18
Bellmead, Texas
The Texas Civil War Museum will participate in the 8th Annual Frontier Days, Fort Worth Stockyards, May 9 and 10
See Events for more information
Frontier Forts Days
May 9 and 10
Fort Worth Stockyards
Free Admission
9-5
Stop by the Texas Civil War Museum tent and learn about Texas in the War Between the States from soldiers who will show you thier equiptment, including a Gatlin gun. Watch ladies in period dress spin, quilt, sew, make soap, laundry clothes, make cornhusk dolls and weave baskets.
This year is the Bicentennial year of Jefferson Davis. As a special treat, his great,great grandson, Bertram Hayes-Davis, will protray Davis as the U.S. Secretary of War and review the Texas troops. With him will be the U.S. Camel Corps which Davis brought to Texas in the 1850s.
If more learning about these subjects is desired, then you may visit with two book authors who have written books about Jefferson Davis and the camel corps: Professor Rickey Pittman and Dr. Selby Parker.
The Museum exhibit is being supported in part by the generous donation of Ms. Betty Mann, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
For futher information visit the following:
Frontier Forts Days flyer:
texascamelcorps.com
JeffersonDavisbicentennial.org
rickeyp@bayou.com
sparker55@comcast.net
fortworthstockyards.org
fortworth.com
Cynthia L. Harriman
Director of Communication and Education
Texas Civil War Museum
817-246-2323
See Events for more information
Frontier Forts Days
May 9 and 10
Fort Worth Stockyards
Free Admission
9-5
Stop by the Texas Civil War Museum tent and learn about Texas in the War Between the States from soldiers who will show you thier equiptment, including a Gatlin gun. Watch ladies in period dress spin, quilt, sew, make soap, laundry clothes, make cornhusk dolls and weave baskets.
This year is the Bicentennial year of Jefferson Davis. As a special treat, his great,great grandson, Bertram Hayes-Davis, will protray Davis as the U.S. Secretary of War and review the Texas troops. With him will be the U.S. Camel Corps which Davis brought to Texas in the 1850s.
If more learning about these subjects is desired, then you may visit with two book authors who have written books about Jefferson Davis and the camel corps: Professor Rickey Pittman and Dr. Selby Parker.
The Museum exhibit is being supported in part by the generous donation of Ms. Betty Mann, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
For futher information visit the following:
Frontier Forts Days flyer:
texascamelcorps.com
JeffersonDavisbicentennial.org
rickeyp@bayou.com
sparker55@comcast.net
fortworthstockyards.org
fortworth.com
Cynthia L. Harriman
Director of Communication and Education
Texas Civil War Museum
817-246-2323
