mcdowell.jpg (17956 bytes)   Spirits of New Market Evening Lantern Tours!

Saturday, October 31, 2009.
Lantern Tours begin at 7:00 PM
every 15 minutes until 8:45 PM

It is a damp, dark and dreary night. The ground is muddy and puddles of water are everywhere. It is Sunday evening after the Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864 and the sights, sounds and smells of the battlefield are all around you when suddenly you . . .

Travel back in time and walk in the footsteps of the Union and Confederate soldiers and the Bushong family on the New Market Battlefield. Experience the tales of the Virginia Military Institute Cadets as the recount the day’s events. Costumed interpreters will share spine tingling stories through historical interpretation as they portray
The Sprits of New Market.

Tickets: $10.00 per person, $5.00 youth 6 years to 17 years; 5 years old and under, free.

Tickets may be purchased at the Hall of Valor, NMBSHP, on the day of the event.

For more information: call 540-740-3101
or toll free: 866-515-1864
or e-mail us!

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