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July 2019
Battle of Honey Springs Memorial Service
Honey Springs Battlefield and Visitor Center near Checotah will host a memorial service honoring the anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs on Saturday, July 13, at 10:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. The memorial service commemorates the largest of approximately 107 documented Civil War military engagements throughout Indian Territory. The engagement took place on July 17, 1863, just two weeks after the famous Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Approximately 9,000 Union and Confederate troops,…
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Honey Springs Battle Reenactment
This biannual event will include two battle reenactments and self-guided tours through the Union, Confederate, and civilian camps. Witness military drills, demonstrations, and living history programs. Sutlers Row will feature a number of vendors selling clothes, books, souvenirs, and reproduction 19th-century military equipment. Visitors from around the state come to see special presentations and watch the battle. This reenactment is a scripted battle, meaning the reenactor companies and regiments make the same actions that were taken in the original battle, on…
Find out more »Honey Springs Battle Reenactment
This biannual event will include two battle reenactments and self-guided tours through the Union, Confederate, and civilian camps. Witness military drills, demonstrations, and living history programs. Sutlers Row will feature a number of vendors selling clothes, books, souvenirs, and reproduction 19th-century military equipment. Visitors from around the state come to see special presentations and watch the battle. This reenactment is a scripted battle, meaning the reenactor companies and regiments make the same actions that were taken in the original battle, on…
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