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Friday, Dec. 2

COMMUNITY · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a Christmas Open House at the Cravens House, on Lookout Mountain Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, from 6-8 p.m. The Cravens House will be decorated in a manner very similar to the Civil War era. Tours begin 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 at 423-821-7786. In 1863, the Cravens family spent Christmas away from their home on Lookout Mountain. In fact, only a skeleton of their once vibrant dwelling stood at Christmas. Union soldiers and war correspondents camping on Lookout Mountain stripped the home of its wood