Funsavers: United States Colored Troops Civil War Weekend
Funsavers: United States Colored Troops Civil War Weekend
Philadelphia, PA
The 3rd Regiment Infantry US Colored Troops bring the Civil War to life at the 5th Annual Civil War Weekend at Fort Mifflin! Learn about both military and civilian life during the Civil War years. Visit with Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott, Gen. George Meade and our garrison of soldiers. Discov…
Sunday, April 7 2013
10:00 AM
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4:00 PM
Funsavers: The Great Escape
Funsavers: The Great Escape
Philadelphia, PA
For one day Fort Mifflin will become “Fort Schlamm Insel” (Fort Mud Island) on the banks of the river Warter in Posen Prussia (Poland today). Come see the allied prisoners continue their war behind bars as they plan escapes, disrupt the German war machine and play cat and mouse games with their gua…
Saturday, March 25 2017
11:00 AM
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4:00 PM
Funsavers: World War II Saturday
Funsavers: World War II Saturday
Philadelphia, PA
March back in time to the fall of 1944 as Fort Mifflin becomes the town of Schmidt, in the southern portion of the Hurtgen Forest. The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest produced extraordinary casualties in both Axis and Allied armies but is often overshadowed by the following, and better known, Battle o…
Saturday, December 6 2014
10:00 AM
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4:00 PM
