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February 2025
“An Afternoon with General Blunt” presentation with Jim Spillars
On Saturday, February 15, from 1 to 2 p.m., Honey Springs Battlefield will host living historian Jim Spillars, who will portray General Blunt (1826–1881). Spillars will give a presentation on Blunt’s leadership during the Engagement at Honey Springs which was the largest of more than 107 documented hostile encounters in Indian Territory. He will be dressed in period Civil War attire for this event. James Blunt was a ship captain, a physician, and an abolitionist. He led Indigenous and Black…
Find out more »March 2025
Nature Journaling Class
On March 15, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, the public is invited to learn about the practice of nature journaling—recording and sketching one’s natural surroundings. Artist Jim Mullenax of Rocky Pond Pen and Ink in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, will visit Honey Springs Battlefield to teach the importance of making a nature journal. The class will help teach you how to be inquisitive about the world around you by making simple sketches in a journal, which can become a satisfying practice.…
Find out more »November 2025
Battle of Honey Springs Education Day
On Friday, November 7, beginning at 9 a.m., Honey Springs Battlefield will host the Battle of Honey Springs Education Day. On this day, students from schools across the state and the general public will have the opportunity to explore numerous education stations teaching topics related to the Civil War in Indian Territory and The Battle of Honey Springs. Living historians will demonstrate various military drills, cooking techniques, and other everyday activities for soldiers. There also will be numerous sutlers selling…
Find out more »The Battle of Honey Springs biennial event
Honey Springs Battlefield offers a biennial multiday event, which begins with an Education Day for school groups on Friday, November 7. Events continue on Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9, with Civil War demonstrations and self-guided tours through the Union, Confederate, and civilian camps. Visitors can experience military drills, demonstrations, and living history programs and take a walk through Sutler’s Row, which features a number of vendors selling clothes, books, souvenirs, and reproduction of nineteenth-century military equipment. Visitors from…
Find out more »The Battle of Honey Springs biennial event
Honey Springs Battlefield offers a biennial multiday event, which begins with an Education Day for school groups on Friday, November 7. Events continue on Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9, with Civil War demonstrations and self-guided tours through the Union, Confederate, and civilian camps. Visitors can experience military drills, demonstrations, and living history programs and take a walk through Sutler’s Row, which features a number of vendors selling clothes, books, souvenirs, and reproduction of nineteenth-century military equipment. Visitors from…
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