Youth History Program Offered at Battlefield

The Chattanooga History Center will present, in cooperation with the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, The Chickamauga Challenge Course for youngsters aged 12-16, from 9:00am-3:00pm, July 14-15. The fee of $20 includes lunches, snacks, patch and supplies. The registration deadline is July 11.

Participants will explore the Chickamauga Battlefield, learning about the life of Civil War soldiers: how they cooked and ate, how they trained, how they drilled, and how where on this battlefield they fought.

For more information, or to register, call 423-265-3247, extension 10.

History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves and of our common humanity so that we can better face the future.

Robert Penn Warren