Tickets for the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield’s popular Moonlight Tour are on sale now. The tour is 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The tour will include several scenes at Sigel’s Final Position (tour road stop #5) and will represent conditions the morning of the battle on August 10, 1861.Tours of 24 persons will begin at 7 p.m. and continue every 15 minutes until 10 p.m. All visitors will be transported via buses from the visitor center to and from the tour site.
Visitor should be prepared to walk one-half mile and dress appropriately. Due to the terrain strollers will not be allowed. No flash photography is allowed.
Tickets may be obtained in person at the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield visitor center Tickets are $6 per person and proceeds are used to cover the cost of the program.
The Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation chili dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. Donations will be appreciated.
The mailing address is Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, 6424 W. FR 182, Republic, Missouri 65738, attention: Moonlight Tour. Make checks payable to: “Eastern National.” Mailed ticket requests must be received by Sept. 3, 2010, in order to be processed and returned via USPS mail service prior to the tour.
For more information, call 417-732-2662, Ext. 227. Tickets may be obtained in person at the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield visitor center. Tickets are $6 per person and proceeds are used to cover the cost of the program.
The mailing address is Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, 6424 W. FR 182, Republic, Missouri 65738, attention: Moonlight Tour. Please make checks payable to: “Eastern National.” Mailed ticket requests must be received by Sept. 3, 2010, in order to be processed and returned via USPS mail service prior to the tour.
For more information about things to do and see in the Springfield, Missouri, area, visit Convention & Visitors Bureau or call 800-678-8767. Download the FREE mobile phone app featuring the Springfield.
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Photo looks like the place is good to visit.
History lessons seen in the environment where they happened are hard to forget.
Many only think of the battles between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomoc. They forget that there were important battles fought all over what was the United States back in the 1860s. This battlefield and its tours are a great reminder of that.
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