BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:365@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230429T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230429T160000 DTSTAMP:20230110T155647Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/over-here-living-history-day-1917-tour s/ SUMMARY:“Over Here” Living History Day &\; 1917 Tours DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 29th 2022\n\n11am – 4:00pm Outdoor Living Hi story Displays – Free\n\n1pm – 4:00pm Immersive “1917” House Tour (Reservations Required) – $12\n\nTake a step back in time to Marietta in the pivotal year 1917. America has just joined The Great War and the loca l community is abuzz as individuals come to grips with what war might mean for themselves and their friends\, family\, businesses\, and social group s… as well as their country. A question in everyone’s mind is what rol e\, if any\, they might play in the coming days. At The Castle we’ll exp lore this timeframe through living history displays and demonstrations rep resenting local individuals of Marietta’s Red Cross and local Ohio Natio nal Guard company. Additionally\, immersive tours of The Castle will be gi ven by costumed interpreters representing members of the Davis family. (To urs are by reservation only.)\n\nOutdoor Living History Displays – Free\ nFree admission to the grounds to see the outdoor living history displays located in The Castle’s courtyard. Living history interpreters will be p ortraying the local Ohio National Guard company that operated out of Marie tta’s downtown armory. Additionally represented will be ladies associate d with the Women’s Relief Corps connected to the local Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post. These outdoor displays will have items for the publi c to see and interact with in addition providing them with the opportunity to learn more about our local WWI history.\n\nDonations are encouraged.\n \nImmersive” 1917 Tour” – Reservation Required\nReservations require d for “1917 Tours.” $12 per adult. $9 Kids (age 13 &\; under). Ages 5 and under free.\n\nThis immersive tour of The Castle will be led by liv ing history interpreters taking on the roles of the Davis family and will be focused around the events happing locally\, nationally\, and internatio nally in the early days of America’s involvement in WWI. We’ll be tran sporting guests to April 20th\, 1917 when renowned singer Margaret Wilson\ , daughter of President Woodrow Wilson\, visited Marietta to give a concer t in aid of the American Red Cross. Visitors will see the family busily pr eparing for the evening’s events and learn about the roles these people will play in the months to come.\n\n(Please note: As specialized tours the se will be different from regular house tours.)\n\nTours will be given on the hour between 1pm – 4pm and last approximately 45mins and must be boo ked in advance. Limited spaces available.\n\nhttps://mariettacastle.org/?e vent=over-here-living-history-day-1917-tours&\;event_date=2023-04-29 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2023 /01/MariettaCollege_Hoag_VintageNegatives_pho002_00116-2048x1475-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Community,Events,Historical LOCATION:The Castle\, 418 Fourth Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, United States GEO:39.4205438;-81.4548917 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=418 Fourth Street\, Mariett a\, Ohio\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Castle:geo:39.4205 438,-81.4548917 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR