Funkstown, MD

There will be plenty of activities through out the day for your enjoyment.

• Civil war encampment.
• Foraging of the town and a street battle.
• The Funkstown Fire company will be selling food from 12:00 until 8:00 pm to include  pit beef sandwiches, Italian sausage sandwiches, hamburgers, cheese burgers, hot dogs, snow balls, bottled water, sodas, and sports drinks as well as the lions club will be selling French fries.
• 2 field battles (1 saturday & 1 sunday)
• Again music by the 97th Regimental String Band
  
• A 30 minute fire works show will begin at 9:00.

Funkstown is currently looking for reenactors for the Day in the Park reenactment of the battle of Funkstown. The registration for any one over the age of 12 will cost is $8.00 and will include 1 meal ticket. Registration will be $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children after July 1st 2010. The registration for any one between the age of 12 and 6 will cost is $4.00 and will include 1 meal ticket. Any one under the age of 6 is FREE. There is also a $50.00 bounty for each of the first 4 wheeled field artillery pieces and $25.00 bounty for each of the first 10 mounted cavalry. You will be able to set up camp of Friday evening. The foraging will start in the town on Saturday at 8:30 am and will run will run until 9:30. The street battle will be from 10:00 until 11:00 or we run out of personal which ever comes first. The first field battle will be held from 2:oo until 3:00 in the park on saturday. The second field battle will be held on Sunday from 2:00 until 3:00 pm also in the park.

Please check out the photo tab for the Day in the Park pictures of the 2009 event.