Don’t miss the Lincoln Memorial Shrine’s commemoration of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address on Saturday, November 16 at 11am in Smiley Park.
Local favorites the Mountain Fifes and Drums and Camp Carleton Band will perform alongside an artillery demonstration by the ever-popular 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery. The event will include a riveting recitation of the speech by Lincoln presenter Robert Broski.
President Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 to dedicate the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The much-anticipated ceremony brought closure following the bloody three-day Battle of Gettysburg that wreaked havoc on the community the previous July. The president’s brief, but powerful speech is widely considered to be the best public address of his career and one of the most important in our nation’s history.
This event is free and open to the public. For additional information, please call the Heritage Room at (909)798-7632. Program subject to change.
About the bands:
The Camp Carleton Cornet Band is a group of Southern California musicians committed to keeping true with the tradition of military bands during the American Civil War. This brass and drum ensemble maintains the traditional sounds with instruments appropriate for the era. Camp Carleton was the largest of several military camps in San Bernardino, California. It was established 1861 by Captain William A. McCleave as a detachment of the 1st Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry and was originally built on the north bank of the Santa Ana River in an area now known as Waterman Avenue.
The Mountain Fifes and Drums teaches music, history, discipline, leadership, and responsibility to the youth of the San Bernardino Mountain areas, free of charge. They perform eighteenth-century military music in the uniforms of George Washington’s Continental Army in around 25 performances every year, including such events as the Huntington Beach Fourth of July Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade and Drummers Call in Colonial Williamsburg. Their higher-ranking musicians form a special group called the Mountineers, that gives several performances each year in Civil War uniforms, playing the music of the American Civil War.