6:30pm-Civil War In Songs-A musical telling of the Civil War with
the songs that shaped the period of strife. The program covers all the
ups and downs of not just famous battles and generals but the everyday
citizens that endured the Civil War’s hardship. Event is free and open to
the public.

Civil War Weapons: Come see a demonstration in black powdered weapons that were used in the Civil War. Join a park interpreter to learn how these weapons were used and fired and who were some of the famous
Civil War fighters that used these Confederate Weapons.

Join us May 24-26 in historic Helena. This observance of
the sesquicentennial of the Battle of Helena is sponsored by the Delta Cultural Center, the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, and the Helena Advertising and Promotion Commission.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Friday, May 24: Spectators are encouraged to
visit the camps during the day. Registered food and merchandise vendors will be open for business. All Day Re-enactor, Artillery and Vendor set up 

9AM – 5 PM Participant Registration Open Delta Cultural Center Depot

Noon-7 PM  Vendors Open at Cherry Street Pavilion

Noon-Sunset Camps Open for Visitors

8 AM-10 AM Participant Registration Open Delta Cultural Center Depot

9 AM-11 PM Skirmish atop the ridge road toward Battery C

11AM-1PM Spectators Witness the Battle of Helena 150 reenactment

1 PM  Battle of Helena Reenactment concludes

3PM-7 PM  Artillery training in Fort Curtis (Registered Reenactors Only)

Battle of Helena 150 Lectures: The reenactment will be followed by a series of Civil War lectures at Beth El Heritage Hall 406 Perry Street in Historic Downtown Helena. The lectures are free and open to the public.

2 PM Music by Harmony

3 PM Dyan Bohnert: “Food and Medicine of the Civil War and Before”

4 PM  Mark Christ: “The Battle of Helena”

5 PM Music by Harmony

6 PM Jack Myers: “U.S.S. Tyler” Downtown Evening Events: Spectators are encouraged to attend the artillery demonstration and free outdoor concert. Sunset Artillery demonstration on levee near Cherry Street Pavilion.

8:30 PM  Civil War concert and dance at the Cherry Street Pavilion

Sunday, May 26:Spectators are welcome to observe the reenactment along the banks of the Mississippi River in the Helena River Park. 

Secondary Battle of Helena 150 Reenactment:

8:00 – 9:30 AM Battle at Fort Curtis

10:00 AM Worship Service at Cherry Street Pavilion

11:00 AM Battle of Helena 150 Concludes

11:15 AM Artillery training in Fort Curtis (Registered Re-enactors Only)

Notes:Some activities and events are for re-enactors only. Spectator areas will be designated. Please bring your own lawn chairs. Registered food and merchandise vendors will be set up.

6:30pm-Civil War In Songs-A musical telling of the Civil War with
the songs that shaped the period of strife. The program covers all the
ups and downs of not just famous battles and generals but the everyday
citizens that endured the Civil War’s hardship. Event is free and open to
the public.

Lincoln in the Delta:The Delta Cultural Center is the temporary
home of the traveling exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War from April 17 through May 31. The DCC is one of only 200 sites around the country to host the exhibit, which was organized by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association Public Programs Office and made possible by a major grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities. The traveling exhibition is based on an exhibition of the same name developed by the National Constitution Center.

Civil War Weapons: Come see a demonstration in black powdered weapons that were used in the Civil War. Join a park interpreter to learn how these weapons were used and fired and who were some of the famous Civil War fighters that used these Confederate Weapons.

The program begins at 6:30 pm and is open/free to the public.

During the American Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies struggled to keep their soldiers well fed. Meet a park interpreter to discover why that was so hard, what types of food they ate, and try out some hardtack and jonnycakes similar to what the soldiers would have eaten.

Civil War Weapons: Come see a demonstration in black powdered weapons that were used in the Civil War. Join a park interpreter to learn how these weapons were used and fired and who were some of the famous Civil War fighters that used these Confederate Weapons.

The program begins at 6:30 pm and is open/free to the public.

Civil War In Songs at Jacksonport State Park

6:30pm-Civil War In Songs-A musical telling of the Civil War with

the songs that shaped the period of strife. The program covers all the

ups and downs of not just famous battles and generals but the everyday

citizens that endured the Civil War’s hardship. Event is free and open to

the public.

 This year the exhibit will be twice as large as the 2012 display. Models, pictures, the alligator box and the other attraction will return. This time there will be a plank from the Sultana on which a returning Union prisoner floated to safety.

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, in cooperation with the Old State House Museum and the Arkansas Humanities Council, now offers “Civil War Arkansas, 1861-1865,” a traveling exhibit about the state’s involvement in the war.

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, in cooperation with the Old State House Museum and the Arkansas Humanities Council, now offers “Civil War Arkansas, 1861-1865,” a traveling exhibit about the state’s involvement in the war.

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, in cooperation with the Old State House Museum and the Arkansas Humanities Council, now offers “Civil War Arkansas, 1861-1865,” a traveling exhibit about the state’s involvement in the war.