Saturday, April 12 | 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Join the fun at Historic Collinsville’s opening day for the 2025 season! Guests will get a glimpse of everyday life of those at home in a rural Tennessee settlement on the day the Civil War began, with special activities and programming.
At the Batson Dogtrot House guests will have the opportunity to interact with reenactors performing home front chores, learn about the science behind butter churning, and sample period food and drinks. In the Wildwood Church and School guests will be able to engage in standard routines for a one room schoolhouse and church of the 1800s, while in the Atkin’s Teacher’s House guests can experience an old-fashioned visit with a member of a teacher’s host family.
Guests will also have the opportunity to take a guided tour of the Weakley House Museum. Next door in the newly opening Annex, visitors can admire a display of “Old Southside” handmade miniatures along with vintage and antique items.
Admission:
$12.00 – 13 years and Over
$6.00 – 3-12 years
Free – 0-2 years
The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, at 4:30 a.m. in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter.