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Between 04/01/2025 and 04/01/2026
(11) Events Found For All Event Types
Park: Sailors Creek Battlefield State Park

April 5, 2025. 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Hillsman House
Step back in time with us on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Historical State Park for a powerful commemoration of what the South grimly called “Black Thursday," the decisive battle that helped seal the fate of the Confederacy.

April 5, 2025. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Hillsman House
Step back into a tumultuous moment in American history with "Their War is Over: Prisoners, Casualties, and Their Unknown Destinations," a lantern-lit self-guided tour at the historic Hillsman House on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Immerse yourself in the raw aftermath of the Civil War as you move through an authentic re-creation of a working field hospital, complete with makeshift cots and the hushed urgency of battlefield medicine.

April 21, 2025. 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
All are welcome at the Friends of Sailor's Creek Battlefield volunteer support group during their monthly meeting as they focus on a variety of objectives designed to assist the park's mission in preserving the hallowed grounds of the last major battle of the American Civil War in Virginia on April 6, 1865.

April 22, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center

Completely understanding the myriad complexities of ecology and how our actions affect the environment and the lives of living things therein is impossible.

April 26, 2025. 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
The Overton/Hillsman family has played a significant role in the history of Sailor's Creek Battlefield.

May 10, 2025. 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
In recognition of Nurses Week and Mother's Day, Sailor's Creek Battlefield will host a program that highlights the invaluable contributions and sacrifices women have made to achieve their current positions in medicine.

June 7, 2025. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center

Even this far inland, we like to contribute to keeping the Chesapeake Bay as clean as possible!

Jan. 1, 2025 12:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 12:00 a.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
The Visitor Center at Sailor's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park offers a museum filled with treasured artifacts discovered over the years where the last major fight of the American Civil War in Virginia occurred on April 6, 1865.

Jan. 1, 2025 12:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 12:00 a.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Hillsman House
Tours of the Hillsman House, a National Historic Landmark, are available to the public by request.

Jan. 1, 2025 12:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 12:00 a.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
A Self-Guided Driving Tour of Sailor's Creek Battlefield is available to visitors year-round from sunrise to sunset.

Jan. 1, 2025 12:00 a.m. - Dec. 31, 2025 12:00 a.m.
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park Visitor Center
Sailor's Creek Battlefield offers six, self-guided Hiking Trails with historic markers for the public to explore year round during daylight hours (sunrise to sunset).
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