Independence Day Programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

FORT OGLETHORPE, GA (WDEF) – Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will offer a full schedule of public programs at Lookout Mountain and at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, July 4, 2015.

At Point Park on Lookout Mountain there will be artillery programs at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30. These programs will feature the firing of a Civil War cannon, and explore how our nation was both established and preserved through conflict. In addition, there will be 30 minute ranger guided tours of Point Park at 11:00 and 1:00. Admission to Point Park is $5.00 for adults aged 16 and over, and is valid for seven days. The Craven’s House will be open from 1:00-5:00 and a park ranger will be available to answer questions and tour the house. There is no admission fee to go into the Craven’s House.

At 2:00, there will be a free one hour program on the role that railroads played in the campaign for Chattanooga and throughout the Civil War. 

At Chickamauga Battlefield, a living historian will present a "common soldier" program at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center on Lafayette Road in Fort Oglethorpe, GA at 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30. These Programs will explore the lives of average people who fought at Chickamauga, and will include the firing of a Civil War era musket.

Throughout the day at both Point Park and at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, park staff will conduct short programs on the establishment of the park in 1890, and work with visitors to "Find Your Park."