Hacker’s Creek Pioneer Descendants will host its Civil War History Weekend on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9–10, at the Central WV Genealogy and History Library, 45 Abbott’s Run Road in Horner, according to an Oct. 7 announcement by Andrea Moneypenny Clem in Lewis County, WV Announcements.
Friday’s campfire music
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The attached schedule lists Fiddlesticks at 6 p.m., Chase Arbogast at 7 p.m., the Grateful Storyteller at 7:30 p.m. and an open jam session at 8 p.m. Clem’s announcement also names Jeffrey Vaughn among the musicians and identifies Chris Chance with the Grateful Storyteller.
Social BlendZ will provide food and refreshments. The weekend also includes a Civil War encampment by the 10th West Virginia Infantry, Company F.
Saturday’s history program
Saturday doors open at 9:30 a.m., with history lectures and living history demonstrations beginning at 10 a.m. Participants include the 10th West Virginia Infantry, Company F, and Carl Swick portraying Abraham Lincoln.
Social BlendZ will be on site throughout the day. The program will close with a solemn reading of names at approximately 4:30 p.m., giving participants an opportunity to name their Civil War ancestors.
Clem thanked Village Caregiving in Clarksburg and the Rotary Club of Weston for sponsoring the weekend.