Some early information about the February 16-19, 2018 Civil War Battlefield Outing.
We will be going a battlefield the Troop has never done – Ft. Henry/Ft. Donelson, TN. The scouts planned this as a 4 day Civil War outing in Feb. 2018 as all school districts we draw from will be off both Friday Feb. 16 and Monday Feb. 19. We will be leaving very early Friday morning Feb. 16 and returning mid afternoon Feb. 19 so this will require Friday and Monday off for any adults attending.
Other than the dates we have not finalized any plans.
Below are links for two very appropriate videos regarding the things we will see and learn about on the Feb. outing tracing the Ft. Henry/Ft. Donelson campaign.
Rivers and Rails: Daggers of the Civil War (we will visit Ft. Henry and camp at Ft. Donelson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMNTmot8WAY
The Fort Heiman Story (we will visit the remains of the Fort)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgXa8JSx2zo
Don’t be shy. Sign up to go when the sheet goes up.
Remember even if you are not a hiker, we will need vehicle shuttlers on location, so come enjoy the warm car, Heinz will buy the coffee.
Remember – no outings happen without adults.