CIVIL WAR IS OVER! GENERALS LEE AND GRANT MEET UP IN PERSON!

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERS TO NORTHERN GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT AGAIN...THIS TIME IN BELLA VISTA ARKANSAS IN 2026!

ON May 7TH Southern General, Robert E. Lee, surrenders to the Northern General Ulysses S. Grant GRANT once again! However, rather than at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, this surrender will be held at Cooper Elementary School in Bella Vista, AR,!

The Bella Vista Civil War Round Table, with the help of the Bella Vista Historical Society, will be hosting this very special historical event on May 7, 2026, for the community of Northwest Arkansas.

Living historians Curt Fields and Thomas Jessee will be on stage at Cooper Elementary portraying these esteemed gentlemen! For the education and entertainment of all, they will reenact this historic event as General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee met at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, for the official surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to the Union Forces.

Fields and Jessee are nationally recognized for their outstanding portrayals of Grant and Lee. Annually, they recreate the surrender at the actual Appomattox Court House in April, and they are featured in the National Park Service film covering that historic event. We are truly fortunate to be able to bring this piece of history to Bella Vista.

Our Civil War Round Table meets monthly at the History Museum and is funded by free will donations which we use for special events and to help support our guest speakers.

This renowned reenactment, being a very special event that we would like to present to the community of Northwest Arkansas, we've established this Fund to help cover costs so all those who wish to view the reenactment of this important event in American history will be able to do so free of charge. Our ultimate goal is $4,500.

Thank you much for your continued support of the Bella Vista Museum as well as the Civil War Round Table and we look forward to seeing you at the surrender!

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