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Dixie carved it and I took the picture. (LX5, No Flash, MACRO, F 2.5, 40mm, and ISO 400, 1/10 second)

Oakwood Confederate Lantern Walk

Saturday, Oct 30 6:00p to 10:00p

at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC

The annual Confederate Lantern Walk is a family-oriented event of volunteers, wearing authentic period clothing, presenting interesting and historical vignettes. Groups of visitors will be led to each site on pathways of flickering candles by ladies in period dresses of mid-19th century. At the end of the tour, refreshments will be served in the House of Memory. read more

Price: $6 per person over eleven - $3 for ages six to eleven – free for six and under.

Phone: 779-5888

The annual Confederate Lantern Walk is a family-oriented event of volunteers, wearing authentic period clothing, presenting interesting and historical vignettes. Groups of visitors will be led to each site on pathways of flickering candles by ladies in period dresses of mid-19th century. At the end of the tour, refreshments will be served in the House of Memory. Profits are for the ongoing restoration work in the Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery.

oakwood_lantern_walk@hotmail.com

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