Historic Holiday Program
Multiple Days: 11/30/2018, 12/01/2018
Free
On Friday, November 30, and Saturday, December 1, Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park will present a Christmas Open House
at the Cravens House, located on Lookout Mountain. The house will be
decorated in a manner very similar to the Civil War era. This special
holiday event will take place from 6 pm to 8 pm, with tours beginning
every 30 minutes. Reservations are required. To make a reservation, and
for more information about this event, please contact the Lookout
Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center.
The holidays in 1863 were unlike anything Chattanoogans expected the
previous year. Just one month before Christmas Day, Union forces
successfully drove Confederates off Missionary Ridge, and for the first
time in three years, Chattanoogans celebrated Christmas under the stars
and stripes. However, there was little time to celebrate. Debris of war
still littered the city, and on Christmas Day 1863, General George
Thomas ordered the establishment of the Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Join us for this special program at the Cravens House as we explore how
the residents and soldiers of Chattanooga marked the holiday season 155
years ago.
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