July 22nd will mark the 144th Anniversary of the historic Civil War Battle of Atlanta.  To commemorate the important event, the neighborhoods in Atlanta’s 5th Council District have teamed up to organize B*ATL on the weekend of July 18th-20th. The battlefield is actually in these neighborhoods where people live and work and play today. This will not only be an event of remembrance but also one with fun for everyone including: a Gala Dinner and House Tour, a 5K run, Van and Walking Tours, a re-creation of the Frontlines with Re-enactment Soldiers and artillery, a Civil War Village with civilian re-enactors, historic music concerts and dramatic performances, shopping and dining in East Atlanta and Kirkwood and more!! Please see the schedule of events below.

Tickets for the Gala, and B*ATL tours are available for purchase at a number of neighborhood locations and online here at batlevent.org.

 

18, 2008 - July Friday

 

July 18, 2008– Friday

Time

Event

Neighborhood

Ticket Price

7pm

The Gala at Kemp Castle: An Evening of Dinner, Libations, Entertainment and a historic home tour

East Lake

2806 Alston Drive

$45

 ($400/table of 10)

July 19, 2008 – Saturday

Time

Event

Neighborhood

Ticket Price

8:30am

The Doublequick 5K Run/Walk

Kirkwood (start in Bessie Branham Park)

 

$17.00($20.00 day of)

The Front Lines -10am - 5pm – Kirkwood
(Wreath Layings in East Atlanta)

10am-
5pm

Living History Encampment Experience a Soldier’s Life from 1864 in a recreated setting

Kirkwood near Gillam Park, Maps to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs in EA Village

 

Free

 

Spinning and Textiles on the plantation near 1864 Clay Family Home Site A living history demonstration

near Gillam Park

Free

11am

Wreath Laying Ceremony - General Walker (Living history soldiers)

East Atlanta (Glenwood/I-20) Walker Monument

Free

3pm

Wreath Laying Ceremony - General McPherson (Living history soldiers)

East Atlanta (Monument & McPherson Ave.)

McPherson Monument

Free

The Home Front 10am – and into the evening – East Atlanta (Storytelling in Kirkwood, too)


A Civil War Village

10am-
5pm

Living History Re-enactors & More Experience Life at home in1864 See Blacksmiths, Quilters, Wheel Wrights, Basket Makers and Wood Workers demonstrate their crafts.

East Atlanta Village

More info at B*ATL Hdqtrs In EA Village Along Flat Shoals Avenue. Across from Fire Station 13

 

Free


BATL Tours

10am, Noon, 2, 4, 6pm

Van Tour  - Front Line Attack and the Sugar Creek Valley

East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals

$10.00
($15.00 day of)

10, 11am, Noon, 1, 6pm

Battle of Atlanta Walking Tours

East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs

$10.00
($15.00 day of)

10am

Sylvester Cemetery Walking Tour

East Atlanta tickets & map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs

$10.00
($15.00 day of)

11am, 1, 3, 5pm

Van Tour - McPherson’s Last Ride and the Railroad Cut

East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals

$10.00
($15.00 day of)

7pm

Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery

Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery

Free* (With advance ticket )


Art, Food and Other Presentations

10am-4pm

Cyclorama Museum/Painting

Grant Park

Free* (With advance ticket )

Throughout the day

Art Show and History Display

East Atlanta Library

Free

8pm (or dark)

Screen at the Village Green “The Outlaw Josie Wales”

East Atlanta Village Hardware

Free

All Day Long

Shop and Dine in The East Atlanta Village and The Kirkwood Business District


Civilian Living History Presentations

11am,1, 3pm

The Georgia Belles General Sherman Left Behind – meet the strong women from 1864

Presentations begin on the lawn at Remax Realty next to the Fire Station on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village

Free

Noon, 2pm,4pm

Notable African Americans from Civil War times and afterwards

Presentations begin on the sidewalk in front of Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals Avenue in East Atlanta Village

Free

Noon, 2pm,4pm

Civil War to Civil Rights  - A Living History Time Line How did we get from there to here?

Presentations begin at Station on Glenwood Avenue near the Flat Shoals corner in the East Atlanta Village

Free

Throughout the day meet re-enactors from history as they roam the East Atlanta Village.


BATL Storytelling Festival – 8 hours or more of drama and comedy

10am, 12noon

Civil War Ghost Tales by musician and storyteller Eric Litwin

East Atlanta Library

East Atlanta Village

Free

Limited Seating

11am

Civil War Stories By noted author and Story Teller Calvin Sims

East Atlanta Library

East Atlanta Village

Free

Limited Seating

1,5pm

“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes” by performance artist Doug Lothes

East Atlanta Library

East Atlanta Village

Free

Limited Seating

2pm

African Folk Tales including Brer Rabbit by popular storyteller Akbar Imhotep

Kirkwood Library

Kirkwood Business District on Hosea Williams Blvd.

Free

Limited Seating

2pm

An East Atlanta Slave Story -a struggle for freedom by Josie Bailey

East Atlanta Library

East Atlanta

Free

Limited Seating

2:45pm

Stories of a wartime prison - Robert Mable brought to life by author Jimmy Jacobs

East Atlanta Library

East Atlanta Village

Free

Limited Seating

3pm

“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes” by performance artist Doug Lothes

Kirkwood Library

Kirkwood Business District on Hosea Williams Blvd.

Free

Limited Seating

5pm

Noted Atlanta Author and performance artist Cathy Kaemmerland portrays 1864 Character Carrie Steele

B-ATL Headquarters

470 Flat Shoals Avenue East Atlanta Village

Free

Limited Seating

Throughout the day

East Atlanta Oral Histories East Atlanta Kids Club will present and record oral histories of residents

At various breaks during the Storytelling Festival at the East Atlanta Library in the East Atlanta Village

Free


BATL Author Talks and Booksignings

10am

Michael Rose Historic Photos of Atlanta A visual study of our city’s past

Bound to Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in East Atlanta Village

Free

12noon

Susan Neill & Staci Catron Women in Atlanta a photo record of southern women

Author Talk at The Blue Frog on Flat Shoals, Book signing at Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals in East Atlanta Village

Free

4pm

Jimmy Jacobs Moonlight  Through The Pines, Tales from Georgia Evenings

Bound to Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village

Free

6pm

Josie Bailey Dawn Dusk, Brer Rabbit According to Josie

Bound to Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village

Free


The Music and Dance of 1864

4pm, 6pm

Authentic period music and Dance by The 1860s Civilian Society of Georgia

 

4pm show at the East Atlanta Library, 6pm show at B-ATL Headquarters 470 Flat Shoals, both in East Atlanta Village

Free

4pm

Shape Note Sing

Martha Brown Methodist Church Moreland Avenue at Metropolitan Avenue in the East Atlanta Village

Free

July 21, 2008– Sunday

Time

Event

Neighborhood

Ticket Price

7pm

Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery

Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery

Free* (With advance ticket)

*advance ticket available at B-ATL Headquarters on Saturday, 470 Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village

 

 

Click here for a B*ATL map of events