Saturday, April 15th: A Grand Salute: Artillery Demonstration (1:00 pm – 2:00 pm)
The program marks two seminal events that occurred in April 1865 at the end of the Civil War:
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Armies of the United States (April 9th) and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln (April 14th). The War Department issued orders for every US military base and post in the country to fire an artillery salute in honor of the euphoric victory and the shocking loss of their commander-in-chief 5-days later.