Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present programs at two of its locations this weekend. For more information on either event, call 706-866-9241 or visit www.nps.gov/chch.
* CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD: Volunteers with the 37th Tennessee Infantry will set up camp for several living-history programs. Rifle firing demonstrations will take place at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. both days, with an additional 4 p.m. demonstration on Saturday. Talks about the soldiers’ lives will be presented between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday.
* MOCCASIN BEND: Russell Cave National Monument co-sponsors “Survival on the Bend: An Introduction to Prehistoric Tools and Weapons Used on Moccasin Bend.” A park ranger will show tools and weapons used to develop the complex societies that once existed on this historical peninsula. The free, 45-minute program will be presented at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Blue Blazes Trailhead.
To reach the site, take Manufacturers Road Exit off U.S. Highway 27 toward Cherokee Boulevard. Turn left onto Manufacturers Road and drive 0.5 mile, then turn left onto Hamm Road. Drive 0.8 mile to Moccasin Bend Road and turn left.