Here's a list of some of National Park Service's Civil War 150th anniversary events for 2011:
Jan. 8 -- Gulf Islands National Seashore, Crisis at Pensacola forts, Gulf Breeze, Fla.
Jan. 28-30 -- 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood, Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kan.
Feb.- March -- Seminar on the start of the war, Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, Va.
Feb. 6-12 -- 150th anniversary of Lincoln's departure for Washington, Springfield, Ill.
Feb. 22-23 -- The Baltimore plot against Lincoln, Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.
March 12-13 -- Reenactments at the prison camp for Union soldiers, Andersonville National Historic Site, Anderson, Ga.
March 20 -- Archeology on America's bloodiest day, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
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March 27 -- Landscape restoration hike, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
April -- Symposium on civil liberties, Fort McHenry National Monument, Baltimore, Md.
April -- Lecture series on the 8 weeks leading to war, Richmond National Battlefield, Va.
April 2-3 -- Programs on rail and telegraph: the Victorian Internet, Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick Md.
April 8-12 -- 150th anniversary programs, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox, Va.
April 8-12 -- Lecture series, "Why They Fought," Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, S.C.
April 8-17 -- Ceremony for Civil War's first shot, Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, S.C.
April 10 -- Landscape restoration hike, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Mid-April -- Civil War Education Day, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va.
April 15-17 -- Program, "The Fate of Civil Liberty in 1861," Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Md.
April 16-17 -- Event about burning of the federal arsenal, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, W. Va.
April 16-17 -- Living history weekend, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox, Va.
April 16-24 -- Tours, lectures on Robert E. Lee, Arlington House National Monument, Arlington, Va.
April 17 -- Speaker series on secession, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
April 24 -- All day hike, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
April 30 -- Tour of Joseph Poffenberger farm, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
April 29-May 1 -- Events about the capture of Fort Jackson, St. Louis, Mo.
April 30-May 1 -- Mock legislative debate over secession, Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick, Md.
May -- Events commemorating Virginia's decision to go to war, Fredericksburg, Va.
May -- Lectures on Richmond as capital of the Confederacy, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Va.
May 7 -- Beacon of Peace walk, Dunker Church, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
May 28-29 -- Yorktown Civil War weekend, Yorktown, Va.
May 28-30 -- Memorial Day programs, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
June -- Military music concerts, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Va.
June-August -- Evening events about the First Battle of Manassas, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va.
June–September -- Programs on Southern Confederate spies, Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.
June 11-12 -- Tours, lectures on the Union occupation of Arlington, Arlington House National Memorial, Arlington, Va.
June 11-12 -- Historical artillery demonstrations, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
June 19 -- Juneteenth ceremony marking the end of slavery, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
June 25-26 -- Infantry demonstrations, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
July -- Walking tours of Richmond's hospitals as the medical center of the Confederacy, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Va.
July 9 -- Commemoration of cannon fire between Confederates and the USS Massachusetts, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Fl.
July 9-10 -- 147th Anniversary of the Battle of Monocacy, Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick, Md.
July 13 -- Reenactment of the occupation of the antebellum town, Natchez National Historic Park, Natchez, Miss.
July 16-24 -- 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va.
July 30 -- Artillery demonstrations, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Aug. 5-7 -- Night walk into the past, U.S. Grant National Historic Site, St. Louis, Mo.
Aug. 12-14 -- Battle reenactments at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo.
Aug. 13-14 -- Talks on weapons and uniforms, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Aug. 13-14 -- Artillery, infantry, and signal corps demonstrations, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Aug. 27 -- Artillery displays, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
September -- Civil War symposium, Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo.
September–November -- events for 148th anniversary of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Sept. 10 -- battlefield tours at Boonsboro, Md. and Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 15 -- Lectures, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 16 -- Ceremony, photography exhibit, Dunker Church, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 17 -- Hikes, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
Sept. 24-25 -- Events about protecting the Capital, Fort Marcy and Fort Ethan Allen, Washington, D.C.
Sept. 25 -- Ceremony with volunteers holding candles to signify the forts arrayed around the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
October -- Film festival, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Va.
October -- Walking tour of Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Va.
Oct. 8-9 -- Living history weekend, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox, Va.
Oct. 9 -- Reenactment of the Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Fl.
Oct. 15 -- Evening program on Union's use of Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House National Memorial, Arlington, Va.
Oct. 15-16 -- 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bolivar Heights, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Oct. 29 -- Artillery programs, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
November -- Talks on Richmond's role in Virginia battlefields, Richmond, Va.
Nov. 11 -- Veteran's Day ceremonies, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md. and Fort Washington Park, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 20 -- Candlelight tour of Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, Fla.
December -- Christmas in the Civil War, Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Fredericksburg, Va.
Dec. 3 -- Commemoration of America's bloodiest day, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Md.
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