The Breakthrough Battlefield Pamplin Historical Park preserves one of America's most important Civil War battlefields. An interactive tour allows students to experience this hallowed ground and understand its significance. Students visit the Battlefield Center where exhibits, interactive computers and the surround-sound Breakthrough Theater bring history to life. Park educators lead groups onto the battlefield, past some of the best-preserved Civil War fortifications to be found anywhere. Students learn about this important battle and its decisive consequences on the very ground where it happened.
Students learn about civilian and military lifestyles during the Civil War.
These are custom designed by Park Educators to be relevant and age appropriate. These programs average 3 hours in length. All program schedules allow time for a visit to The Civil War Store which offers a variety of educational items that reinforce the teaching points emphasized during the programs.