News Release

Fall & Winter 2022-2023 Lecture Series: "The U.S.S. Cairo and its role on western waters"

U.S.S Cairo Vicksburg National Military Park

News Release Date: August 13, 2022

Contact: Troy Banzhaf, 4794518122 x1226

Pea Ridge National Military Park to present special program “The U.S.S. Cairo and its Role on Western Waters”

On Saturday August 20 at 10am and 7:00pm park guide Mr. Kerry Jones will present a program on the Civil War gunboat U.S.S. Cairo in the park auditorium. This one-and-a-half-hour program will examine the history of the U.S.S. Cairo and its role on the western rivers during the Civil War. This program will illustrate the importance of technology in terms of the construction, war time service, sinking, and eventual salvage of the gunboat.
 

This program is part of a Fall/Winter 2022/ 2023 lecture series the park will hold for the remainder of the calendar year. For a schedule of upcoming programs please visit our website.
 

Pea Ridge National Military Park preserves and commemorates the March 7-8, 1862, battle that helped Union forces maintain physical and political control of the state of Missouri. Administered by the National Park Service, the 4,300-acre battlefield is located 10 miles north of Rogers, just off US Highway 62.