Memorial Day Weekend at Old Fort Jackson

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 9:20am

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Join us at Old Fort Jackson for Memorial Day Weekend Enhanced Programming.

Schedule: (1862 Savannah)

9:20 - Coastal Heritage Society Resource Educators and Volunteers will offer live music by Bella Harmony Music and activities by Union Soldiers, Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, and the Ladies Gunboat Society and Women of Savannah!

10:00 -12 Pounder Cannon Firing, followed by Stations.
10:30 - Dance.
11:00 - Hear various perspectives from the Situation in Savannah and nearby in April of 1862. Relieve the Skirmish on Whitemarsh Island.
11:30 - Hear the conclusion, followed by the firing of our mighty 32 Pounder Cannon.
12:30 - Dance.
12:45 - Guard Mount.
1:15 - Mail Cail.
1:30 - Signaling and 6 Pounder Cannon Firing.
2:00 - Hardee’s Infantry Drill Presentation.
2:20 - Civil War Era Discipline
2:30 - Remember the Fallen, followed by the firing of our mighty 32 Pounder Cannon.
2:45 - Dance.
4:00 - Fort closed.


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