Memorial Day Weekend at Manassas National Battlefield Park

Schedule:

10am: Park Orientation Talk
Join park staff for a short talk outlining the progression of the battles of Manassas. Learn more about events happening throughout the weekend.

Meet at the back of the Henry Hill Visitor Center.

10:30am: Bull Run Legion Cannon Firing Demonstration
Join the park's Bull Run Legion living history volunteers as they fire the park's cannon! Learn more about the Civil War by experiencing the sites, smells, and sounds of it.

Meet at the Oak Grove on the edge of the Henry Hill Parking Lot.

11am: Henry Hill Walking Tour
Join a member of park staff for a 45-minute walk on the ground where the first major land battle of the Civil War was fought on July 21st, 1861 to learn more about the battle and the stories of those who witnessed it.

Meet by Ricketts' Battery outside the back doors of the Henry Hill Visitor Center.

12pm: The 8th Green Machine Regiment Band from George Mason University
Join the 8th Green Machine Regiment Band from George Mason University for a special concert of period music played by period instruments on the patio of our Visitor Center. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the music of the Civil War. The concert will last approximately one hour.

1pm: Park Orientation Talk
Join park staff for a short 15-minute talk outlining the progression of the battles of Manassas. Learn more about events happening throughout the weekend. Meet at the back of the Henry Hill Visitor Center.

2pm: Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Patriot's Monument
Join park staff for a special program at the Patriot's Monument on Henry Hill. This program will include snippets from the dedication of the monument in 1865 as well as a wreath-laying ceremony to remember those who lost their lives in service to their country at the Battles of Manassas. At the conclusion of the ceremony, there will be a cannon firing.

3pm: Henry Hill Walking Tour
Join a member of park staff for a 45-minute walk on the ground where the first major land battle of the Civil War was fought on July 21st, 1861 to learn more about the battle and the stories of those who witnessed it.

Meet by Ricketts' Battery outside the back doors of the Henry Hill Visitor Center.

10am-3pm: Junior Ranger Junction Craft Corner
Join park staff to make a craft inspired by the dedication of the Patriot's Monument in 1865 on Henry Hill. Participants will get a chance to make a paper wreath similar to the one that will be laid on the monument on Monday afternoon which uses the same flowers as those on the wreath in 1865.

Look for tents outside the Henry Hill Visitor Center by the Holly Tree.

10am-4:30pm: Stone House Open
Visit the historic Stone House, one of three structures left in the park from the time of the Battles of Manassas. Park staff will be on hand to answer questions about the soldiers who were treated there, and the families that called it home. A highlight in the house is the carvings upstairs of two soldiers wounded at Second Manassas. One survived, and one did not, and staff will tell their stories.

The Stone House is tour stop #3 on the Manassas Driving Tour.

12pm-4pm: Brawner Farm Interpretive Center Open
Join park staff at the Brawner Farm and tour our Second Manassas Interpretive Center with exhibits about the battle, and a map with battle narration and a light show. Staff will be on hand to answer questions and make recommendations for the driving tour.

This is tour stop #1 on the Driving Tour.