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Submitted by Beverly Mosman
SEPTEMBERFEST AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION - Saturday, September 9, 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Free educational and cultural activities. There is also free admission during this time at the OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER where there will be hands-on activities, basket weaving and hand weaving demonstrations, plein air painters, live performers, and living history interpreters. Children's activities will include corn-husk doll making. Guided Tours at 11:00a.m., 1:00p.m. and 3:00p.m. Civil War reenactors, including Union and Confederate soldiers and the First Kansas Colored Infantry, will perform drills and firing demonstrations. Other interpreters will include cowboys and scouts. Governor's Mansion is just off Lincoln Blvd. on 23rd Street and Phillips Avenue. The entrance to the OHC is just off 23rd and Laird Avenue northeast of the Governor's Mansion. BATTLE OF MIDDLE BOGGY CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT is set for September 23-24 at Atoka. Saturday, September 23 9:00a.m.- Camps open to the public 9:15a.m - Battalion Drill 10:00a.m. - Inspection of Camps 11:00a.m. - Lecture: "CIVIL WAR IN INDIAN TERRITORY" 2:00p.m. - Battle reenactment 7:00p.m.- Period Civil War Dance at the Atoka Elementary School, W. First St. Sunday, September 24 9:00a.m.- Camps open to the public 10:00a.m - Period Church Service 1:30p.m. - Battle of Middle Boggy Reenactment 3:30p.m. - Camp Closes HARN HOMESTEAD, 313 NE 16th just off Lincoln Blvd southwest of the Capitol, will host a HOOTENENANNY every Thursday in September from 5:30 - 8:30p.m. with live music. Admission is $5.00 with FREE FOOD provided by local businesses. September 7 - Byron Berline Band 14 - Scott Keaton 21 - Red Dirt Rangers 28 - Horse Shoe Road OKLAHOMA CITY'S MUSEUM OF ART, 415 Couch Dr. in downtown OKC, will be hosting a special exhibit, TEMPLES AND TOMBS: TREASURES OF EGYPTIAN ART FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM - September 7 - November 26. Admission is $9.00 for adults, $7.00 for seniors and students, free for members and children under 6. Admission for groups of 15 or more is $5.00 per person and must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. Please call 405-236-3100 ext. 225 or visit their website at www.okcmoa.com ROSE HILL SCHOOL at the CHEROKEE STRIP MUSEUM in Perry. Visitors walk across a "time" bridge over a creek to travel back to 1910. Living History program for fourth graders. FREE ADMISSION. Please call 580-336-2405 or email csmuseum@okhistory.org. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., Saturday 10:00a.m.- 4:00p.m. September 16, 2:00 - 4:00p.m. - Tea and Open House to celebrate the Opening of the Cherokee Strip. PAWNEE BILL RANCH AND MUSEUM - BONNET MAKING WORKSHOP Monday, September 11, 6:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. Cost: $17 Please call 918-762-2513 for more information
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