EVENTS
Anniversary Event
Plans
are being made for the 145th Anniversary - Nov 30, 2009
145th Anniversary of Battle of Franklin Confederate Re-enactors will
camp at Carnton Plantation
Federal Re-enactors will camp at The Carter House.
Regular tours will proceed at each site with the addition of Living
History demonstrations added through-out the day.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Battle Skirmish Re-enactment at 2:30 PM at East Flank Battlefield (near
Carnton Plantation) - Arrive early
3:30 - 5:00 PM Illumination at McGavock Confederate Cemetery.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Battle Skirmish Re-enactment at 2:30 PM at East Flank Battlefield (near
Carnton Plantation) - Arrive early.
Monday, November 30, 2009 -(Museum
and Gift Shop will close at 4 PM)
Living history programs through-out the day
and at 4 pm a two-mile walk from Winsted Hill to The Carter
House with a special ceremony to follow.
10,000 luminaries that were displayed to memorialize
the casualties of the Battle of Franklin on Sunday,
Nov. 30, 2008, in Franklin, Tenn. This year's Illumination took place
on Columbia Avenue near the
Historic Carter House and was part the 144th Anniversary of Battle
of Franklin remembering
the Civil War's 1864 Battle of Franklin.