Community festival at 6th Cavalry Museum
Vintage base ball, art activities and tours scheduled
The Fort Oglethorpe Thriving Communities team is sponsoring a family festival on Saturday, May 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. that combines sports, art and military history.
Here’s the pitch: Come for a vintage base ball game when Mountain City takes on Lightfoot at noon, then stay to see art by Ridgeland High School students, create your own art or take a free tour of the
6th Cavalry Museum.
The base ball game will start at noon on Barnhardt Circle polo field. Just like this sport uses the old-fashioned, two-word term “base ball,” it also uses rules, equipment and uniforms of the 1860s.
“Think of it as living history through base ball,” says Chris McKeever, 6th Cavalry Museum director.
“Players are all volunteers. The game, called a match, is played with wooden bats and no gloves. The players play for the sheer joy of it.”
Admission to the game is free. McKeever reminds spectators that there is no bleacher seating, so they should bring folding chairs or blankets.
Ridgeland High School’s art students will be the festival’s featured artists. Their work is featured in the exhibit, “The World at War and on the Home Front,” in the museum, where free tours will be offered during festival hours.
Visiting children may design and color their own “Artist Trading Card” to take home. Four, childsize, chalk easels will be on-site as well for kids to let their inner artist out.
Local artists are invited to demonstrate their art forms and offer their work for sale.
In addition to hands-on art fun, Touch a Truck with the Fort Oglethorpe Fire and Police departments will be part of the festivities.
For more information: chris@6thcavalrymuseum.com.