West Virginia University students and faculty, representing a variety of academic disciplines, will assist with annual Battle of Bulltown reenactment activities Oct. 11-12 at the historic Civil War battlefield near Burnsville in Braxton County.

The annual event includes site tours, Civil War encampments, soldiers’memorials and educational sessions on battle strategies. It concludes with a historical reenactment of the Battle of Bulltown. The activities give visitors a better idea of the battle’s pivotal importance in the Civil War’s eventual outcome.

The students will be participating in several event activities such as living history and reenactment activities. They will also help distribute event and historic site information to visitors.

The students’activities are in connection with the”Bulltown Interpretive Project,”a service learning initiative funded through a W.K. Kellogg-Expanding Community Partnerships grant administered by WVU s Office of Service Learning Programs.

Through this project, groups of students led by WVU faculty members work on assignments that improve the historic site’s marketing, educational programming and outreach capabilities. The students assist with educational sessions about local industrial history, Native American settlements and rural farming life. The assignment results are presented to the historic site’s administrative partners for approval and implementation.

The Bulltown Interpretive Project resulted from a four-year partnership between the WVU Division of Forestry, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staff at Burnsville Lake and the Friends of Bulltown to increase the historical site’s interpretive programs and promote heritage tourism in Braxton County.

For more information about service learning programs, call 304-293-8761. To find out more about Battle of Bulltown reenactment activities, call the Bulltown Historic Area’s Interpretive Center, 304-452-8170.