Contact & Program Info
Thinking about having a historical program for your group or organization?
We do a variety of programs for all ages!
We can also customize programs to meet your group's needs or size.
Check out some of them below!
Contact Info:
Warren Family Historical Programs
D. Christopher (Chris) Warren, M.A.
Twyla D. Warren, B.A.
Abbie Warren
[email protected]
(573) 430-2809 (evenings / weekends)
*(Programs require advanced notice, are based on availability/scheduling, and may not always be available - please contact us well in advance to schedule!)
Some Programs We Offer & Have Presented:
Billy Yank & Family (All Ages) -
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Common Soldier of the Civil War, a lady & daughter of the time period, explaining their lives, soldier's gear & equipment, a lady's clothing, toys children would have played with, etc.
Civil War Boot Camp (Kids) -
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Experience being a recruit into the Civil War, by being inducted into the Union Army! Kids may enlist, be put through a rudimentary medical exam, have to do soldiers' military drills, sample some soldiers' food, have to write a soldiers' letters home, and then may be discharged from the service!
The Life of Louisa Volker & Thomas Macklin (Teen - Adult) -
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First personal portrayal of an important Civil War couple (the first female U.S. Military Telegraph Operator west of the Mississippi River - whom does amazing things for her time period & her Union Cavalry officer husband - who goes on to have a landmark named for him!)
Flags of Civil War Missouri, Arkansas, & Kansas (Teen - Adult) -
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This is a unique program (requires use of projector and/or computer with PowerPoint) which details out the various flags used in these states during the Civil War. Many of the flags seen in the program are not available for public viewing. Chris uses his vast Civil War knowledge to bring a little known area of history to light!
*Click the link below to read about this type of program in a newspaper article!
dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/civil-war-flags-of-missouri-presentation-today-at-pilot-knob/article_75b18452-b9ba-5a63-bc8a-10434cf0641f.html
The Life & Times of General James R. McCormick (Teen - Adult) -
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This is another first-person portrayal of a Southeastern Missouri Civil War general, doctor, & Congressman. It details his early life and experiences of being a country doctor, then with the outbreak of Civil War - his role as a delegate to decide the issue of Missouri's session, his role as an army surgeon, and his duties as commanding Civil War General over the Enrolled Missouri Militia in S.E. Missouri, and ends with his life as a Congressman & pharmacist.
*To see a newspaper story about this program at the actual McCormick House, see link below!
dailyjournalonline.com/farmington/news/historic-house-comes-alive-with-re-enactors/article_e801ab6c-e85a-11e1-9dca-0019bb2963f4.html
Civil War Show & Tell / Civil War Fashions (All Ages)-
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This is showing of the various uniforms, equipment, gear, weapons, and etc. of the Union Soldiers. It also includes the various items of the ladies & children. This program is more detailed than the Billy Yank one, and requires advance notice and ample room (as there is a lot of items to display).
*Click the link below to read about this type of program in a newspaper article!
dailyjournalonline.com/community/democrat-news/civil-war-fashion-show/article_79759f01-c8b1-523d-9f8b-3dccf1d3432e.html