The most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history.

The 2023 theme, Civil War, was an extraordinary adventure that peers into the lives of perilous soldiers on opposing sides of the war.

Some fighting for freedom, and the others, for a way of life. Engage with the spiritual remains of Columbia’s hometown heroes and learn of the trials and tribulations faced by our immigrant comrades. Understand that more than just rifles and bayonets were carried into battle. Dignity and innocence were lost amongst the battlefields.

This mixture of history and imagination animates the most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history and casts Mount Bethel Cemetery as the battlefield for America’s future of freedom.