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STATION NOTE: (1:30 Package) Two sound bites are included with an anchor tag at the bottom. Use the first bite and go to tag-out or run as whole. ANNCR:
In September, the 145th Battle of Chickamauga (Chick-a-maw-guh)
will be reenacted in Walker County Georgia just south of Chickamauga
National Battlefield. One of the primary features of the event is the
“School Days” which will allow thousands of students studying the
U.S. history to get a first hand look at American life in the 1860’s.
Civil War Courier and Camp Chase Gazette editor Ed Hooper explains…
(20 Seconds) Hooper Sound bite: The National Park Service founded American Civil War reenacting as an educational tool in the 1960s and this is what reenacting is all about. The Battle of Chickamauga School days is a program that lets thousands of area school kids see how soldiers and civilians lived day-to-day during the Civil War, watch cavalry and artillery demonstrations and get to experience American history in a way they can’t anyplace else and all of the time from reenactors, speakers, etcetera is donated to the program. (24 seconds) Sound
Bite 1 (
click to listen or right click to save) ANNCR: While most school day programs occur a day before the event, Hooper
says a national event like the Battle of Chickamauga requires a two to
three day program to make sure all schools get a chance to participate.
In addition to living history, students will get a chance to see first
rate exhibits from some of the nation’s leading museums. (16 Seconds) Hooper
Sound bite: School field trips to museums are getting harder and
harder for educators to schedule and many museums have fallen on hard
times. So a school day program centered around a national event like the
Battle of Chickamauga allows us to draw some of the best museums to the
site who bring in field displays students wouldn’t normally get a
chance to see. For many of them this is their first exposure to museums
and hands-on history. (22 Seconds) ANNCR Tag: The Battle of Chickamauga will be held September 19-21 in Walker County
Georgia, for more information, you can go to their web site at
www.battleofchickamauga.net. (10
Seconds)
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