InUSA Calendar of Annual Events


JANUARY

Art for Lunch features a lecture, gallery walk-though or film at 12:30 PM on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (Jan-Dec) at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.
Saturday at Oakland on the 2nd Saturday of each month from Oct-May features interpretive programs on a variety of topics at the Oatland Island Education Center, 912-897-3773.

FEBRUARY

Telfair Ball and Auctions on the 4th Saturday of the month at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.

MARCH

St Patrick's Day Encampment tells the story of the many Confederates of Irish descent who defended Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.
Family Sunday features hands-on youth activities at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.

APRIL

Siege and Reduction Weekend commemorates the fall of Fort Pulaski with demonstrations and programs on the history and significance of the battle on April 10-11, 1862 at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.

JUNE

Family Sunday features hands-on youth activities at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.

JULY

Meridian Musket Salute to the birth of the American Nation with the firing of muskets at 12 noon on July 4 at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.

AUGUST

Founders Day marks the anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service with special programs and films at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.
Encampment of Troops on Labor Day weekend features living history volunteers in period costume at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.

SEPTEMBER

CCC Reunion of Camp 460, Civilian Conservation Corps, stationed at Fort Pulaski from 1933 to 1941. Public programs and interpretive displays on the CCC in the afternoon at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.

OCTOBER

Art Fair mid-month at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.
Family Sunday features hands-on youth activities at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.

NOVEMBER

Encampment of Troops on Veterans Day weekend features living history demonstrations of Civil War soldier life at Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.
Therapeutics Exhibition at Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.
Fall Crafts Festival on the 2nd Saturday features the grinding of sugar cane and the making of cane syrup in the traditional south Georgia manner at Oatland Island Education Center, 912-897-3773.

DECEMBER

Confederate Nog Party and Candlelantern Tours recreates Christmas, 1861 with candlelight tours of the fort and mulled cider and cookies by warm fires. Tours are given at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 in the evening; reservations are required. Fort Pulaski, 912-786-5787.
Holiday Family Sunday features Christmas activities at the Telfair Mansion and Art Museum, 912-232-1177.