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Day Camps -- Come for the FUN!  Come for the LEARNING!

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2012 Day Camps at Henricus Historical Park
Come for the FUN!  Come for the LEARNING!

Join our professional staff in interactive and fun camps at this amazing and interactive living history park. Henrico Historical Park provides varying camps for children ages 6 – 16 and for Adults. As a new theme this year, we have added a Civil War Camp to honor the Sesquicentennial – 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Most camps include a themed pontoon boat tour of the James River. Camps include period historical demonstrations and activities – more history, more fun! New this year, will be themed pontoon boat tours for most camps. See each camp description for more information.

Civil War at Dutch Gap – Spring Break Camp
April 10 – 13, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 8 – 12 years
Cost:  $145/$120 Members
Campers will learn about the life of the common soldier with building of fortifications, a boat tour of Civil War sites on the James River and musket and artillery demos during a bus trip to another Civil War site. Help to engineer the plans for the redirection of the James River -- at the Dutch Gap -- during the Civil War.   

Camp Pocahontas
June 25 – 29, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 6 – 10
Cost:  $175/$150 Members
Through activities and arts and crafts, campers will explore the life of Pocahontas and the culture of the Powhatan peoples.  Using our re-created Powhatan village of Arrohatec, hands-on activities will include cooking, farming, learning hunting skills, house and canoe building, weaving fishing nets and making pottery, arrows and tools.  Make and Take crafts included.  New this year – a pontoon boat tour of historic sites on the James River!

James River Camp I
July 19, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 7 – 12
Cost:  $40/$30 Members
Join an environmental and conservation camp on the James River.  Participate in identifying plants and animals of the River, their uses by historical peoples and how to conserve the area today.  Learn to kayak and take a boat trip up the James River to see eagles and egrets and 400 years of historical sites. 

James River Camp II
August 9, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages  7 – 12
Cost:  $40/$30 Members
Interactive river programs emphasize how people used the river in the past.  Work with how the course of the river changed during the Civil War, as the Dutch Gap was created.  A historic pontoon boat tour of the James River is included.

Archaeology Camp
October 13, 2012
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 8 – 16
Cost:  $40/$30 Members
In honor of Virginia’s Archaeology Month learn the archaeological method to understand the past.  Help us identify artifacts found in the area.   

Christmas in the Colony Camp
December 8, 2012
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ages 5 – 10
Cost:  $25/$20 members
Join in a Colonial Christmas – decorations, crafts, games, activities and snacks included.  Help us decorate your home and Henricus! Registration required.

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