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| Saturday and Sunday October 8-9 | |||||
| Open
House - Custom House,
Pacific House and
First Brick House,
Colton Hall,
Presidio of Monterey Museum Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. - FREE Admission |
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| Monterey State Historic Park Tours Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., & 3:00 p.m. - FREE Depart from Pacific House Free walking tours of the wharf area including interpretations of Custom House, and the exteriors of Pacific House, First Brick, Whaling Station, & First Theater |
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| Native American Storytelling Saturday and Sunday, October 8-9, Performances at 11:00 am ; 12:30 pm; 2:00 pm– Donations Welcome! Pacific House, Monterey State Historic Park at Custom House Plaza Puppets help storytellers spin Native American tales from long ago in this historic setting. Family fun for both children and adults. |
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| Civil
War Encampment, Lower Presidio Historic Park Friday – Sunday, October 7-9 - FREE Cpl. Ewing Rd., by Presidio of Monterey Museum Lower Presidio Historic Park (enter from Pacific Street) For the entire weekend, the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War” will camp at the Lower Presidio Historic Park. Tents and artifacts of the Civil War and the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) will be on display. For more information call 831-422-3619 or visit www.suvcw.org. Musket and Cannon firing demonstrations - Saturday & Sunday at 11:30 and 2:30. |
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| CHAS Encampment,
Lower Presidio Historic Park Sunday, October 8-9 - FREE Cpl. Ewing Rd., by Presidio of Monterey Museum Lower Presidio Historic Park (enter from Pacific Street) The California Historical Artillery Society (CHAS), one of the largest mounted artillery units in the United States, is joining the Civil War encampment. CHAS has been recognized as one of the most authentic and highly trained horse drawn artillery unit in the country. |
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| Saturday, October 8 | |||||
| Van Tours to the Upper Presidio Tours start at 9:30 am and 11:30 pm – FREE Presidio of Monterey Museum, Cpl. Ewing Rd. Lower Presidio Historic Park Join a U.S. Army historian on a van tour of the upper Presidio with its historic cavalry-era buildings. See the Buffalo Soldier Barracks, Soldier Field, Fort Mervine, the Sloat Monument as well as the modern school and Berlin Wall Monument. Limited space – please call for reservations. 831-646-5640 or museumpt@ci.monterey.ca.us. |
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| Walking Tours of the Lower Presidio Tours start at 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm- FREE Presidio of Monterey Museum, Cpl. Ewing Rd. Lower Presidio Historic Park Join the City’s Historian to visit the historic sites of the Lower Presidio Historic Park, some of the most historic sites on the West Coast of the United States. Visit the sites of explorer Vizcaino's landing, Portola and Serra's founding of Monterey for Spain, Argentine revolutionary Bouchard’s attack on Monterey, first burial of the first non-Native American, the fortifications El Castillo and Fort Mervine, and the Father Serra and Sloat Monuments. Call 831-646-5640 for more information. |
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| Sunday, October 9 | |||||
| Nibon-Machi - Japantown in Monterey 1-4 pm – FREE JACL Hall, 424 Adams St., Monterey This lecture/walking tour is an overview history of the Japanese on the Monterey Peninsula, and showcases the new Japanese Heritage Center. Tour includes the neighborhood that was once Monterey’s own nibon-machi, or Japan Town as well as a visit to the Monterey waterfront and Wharf. For information contact Tim Thomas at timsardine@yahoo.com. |
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| 1849 Constitutional Convention
Reenactment 2:00 – 3:30 pm – FREE Colton Hall Museum, 570 Pacific Street, Monterey Watch history in the making with local actors portraying the California delegates as they collaborate to create California’s constitution. Seating is limited. Reservations required. 831-646-5640 or museumpt@ci.monterey.ca.us Colton Hall is not wheelchair accessible. |
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| Continuing on Sunday: Native American Storytelling - Pacific House at 11:00 a.m.; 12:30 p.m;. 2:00 p.m. Musket and Cannon Demonstrations - Lower Presidio Historic Park at 11:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Free walking tours of the wharf area including interpretations of Custom House, and the exteriors of Pacific House, First Brick, Whaling Station, & First Theater - 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., & 3:00 p.m. |
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