RiverBlast! 2012

02Apr2012

Each spring, sailors and marines both Union and Confederate gather at Port Columbus for RiverBlast! This living history weekend is Port Columbus’ largest living history event, and draws reenactors from around the country. Featuring weapons demonstrations, cannon firings, skirmishes, event reenactments and scenes from a sailor’s daily life, this event has something for everyone. This [...]

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About Port Columbus -- The Civil War Naval Museum: Located in historic Columbus, Georgia on the Chattahoochee Intra-Coastal Waterway, Port Columbus is the only museum in the world dedicated to telling the complete Naval story of the American Civil War. From the ironclads to steam and sailing ships to the first successful submarines, Port Columbus has gone to great extent to raise, recover and preserve the military and technological advances of the American Civil War Navies. Welcome aboard, everyone is welcome. EXPLORE EVENTS: RiverBlast! (Mar) Cool History (Year Round) Admiral's Circle Dinner (Apr 2011) Southern Pirate Festival (Oct) History Symposium (Oct) Victorian Holiday House (Dec) * DONATIONS EXPLORE EXHIBITS: WaterWitch CSS Jackson CSS Chattahoochee USS Hartford USS Monitor CSS Albemarle Flag Collection Civil War Naval Timeline Special Exhibits
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