Thank you for your interest in our Living History - Field Trip Day from 9 am - 1 pm. We are no longer taking pre-registrations. We will accept more guests at the Gate. We will accept cash or card for admission. $5 each for students and chaperones.

The concessions stand will only be accepting cash.

STUDENTS MUST BE WITH A CHAPERONE AT ALL TIMES.
PLEASE DO NOT ENTER ANY REENACTOR TENTS UNLESS YOUR GROUP IS INVITED.
Please remind students this is a museum, please be respectful of our collections and do not touch unless
invited. If invited, please handle items with great care. Please remind students to be respectful of the
speakers. They have traveled, some from out-of-state to be here and are experts in their respective fields.

Please ask students not to talk during presentation but feel free to ask questions afterward.

No smoking, no pets. Please dress for the weather. This is an outdoor event.

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Sincerely,

Pioneer Florida Museum Staff
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School Day Station List – 11/18/2022

1. Henry Crane and a House Divided: Museum curator Andy Warrener will present on
Henry A. Crane and Henry Lafeyette Crane, a father and son from Tampa that found
themselves in opposing armies during the American Civil War.
2. Fiber to Fabric: Museum docents Marilynn Ory, Katie Merritt, Sophia and Lily Pauls, will
demonstrate how plant or animal fiber (wool) is carded, spun and woven into fabric.
Merritt will demonstrate carding, while Sophia Pauls will demonstrate the “great” or
“walking” wheel. Ory will weave the freshly-spun fiber on a loom and Lily Pauls will even
knit some of the spun fiber.
3. Adams Family Traveling Medicine Show: Medicine shows date back to the 14th Century
but saw their heyday in the second half of the 19th Century. Collections of oddities and
curiosities, the medicine shows brought entertainment if not a dose charlatanism.
4. Woodwright Shop: Museum docent Rob Schuler will demonstrate different woodworking
techniques in the Carpenter Shop, using pedal and hand-driven tools.
5. The Navy During Civil War: The United States Navy grew from infancy to maturity during
the Civil War. The US Navy grew exponentially and the Confederate Navy improvised
whatever they had at their disposal, including captured Union vessels and converted civilian
ships.
6. Blacksmith Shop: Blacksmithing was a skill brought to the New World by European
explorers. It forever changed the landscape of two continents. Steve Melton and Burt
Golub will demonstrate some of these skills in forging metal tools.
7. Civilian Life in the Civil War: Christina and Emily Jane Curtis will depict lady civilians
during the Civil War and demonstrate the skills they developed and hardships they faced.
8. Cartography in the 19th Century: Historian George Curtis will depict a 19th Century cartographer and discuss the tools and applications of making maps.
9. An Army at Rest: Captain John Porterfield and the 8th Florida, Company B will discuss and depict the life of a soldier in bivouac or a semi-permanent camp. Much of a soldier’s life
was not spent fighting, but rather, alleviating the boredom of camp life. This presentation
will portray what soldiers did to pass the time.
10.Religion in the Civil War: Religion played a major role in motivations both North and
South during the Civil War. John Bulter will examine what religion and spirituality meant
to people in the 19th Century.
11.Regimental Flags: Alan Turnbull and the 37th Alabama will demonstrate the significance
and the battlefield uses of regimental flags during the Civil War.
12.The Rifled Musket: Guy LaRoche of the 37th Alabama will demonstrate a firing drill using a percussion cap, rifled musket. Percussion caps and rifled muskets were significant
developments in military technology in the 19th Century.
13. A Soldier on the March: Museum trustee and local historian Walter Cook will present
and display the daily life, kit and accoutrements of the common Civil War soldier.
14. On the Homefront: Demonstrator Karrianne Bonello will depict daily life on the Civil
War Homefront. Hand cranked sewing machines, slates and chalk, dominoes, even items
to cook and wash laundry. It will be a hands on display where students will be encouraged
to “try it”.
15. Home Guards in the Civil War: While men during the Civil War enlisted and were sent
off to war, the male residents of towns in Florida and throughout the South formed
emergency units called Home Guards. These would be local residents, most too young or
too old for enlistment or the draft, who would have defender their towns in the absence of
a military defense force.
16. 19th Century Music: Joe Kurtright lead man of the band 7lbs. of Bacon will demonstrate
different musical instruments and melodies of the 19th Century.
17. Period Fire Fighting: What did firefighters do to fight fires before combustion engines and electrical pumps? Find out as Todd Olson demonstrates a 19th Century fire truck and
hand-operated pump.
18. Historical Flags Timeline: Lunelle McCallister will display and interpret an array of
national and state flags that have marked periods in American history, including the Civil
War.
19.Civil War Medicine: Medicine was in its infancy before the Civil War. Yet, it took great
strides in the ensuing four years. Harry Joiner will discuss these advances in sterilization,
surgery and the emergence of the nursing profession.