Civil War Living History/Candle Lantern Tours. This weekend, October 5 & 6, is the annual Civil War Living History Weekend at Long Pond Ironworks. Daytime events include the 6th New Hampshire Volunteers reenactor group giving ongoing demonstrations of military drills, a day in the life of a soldier, and talks on various aspects of the war and soldering throughout the weekend. Their Union camp will be open for visitors to tour. The weekend also includes the popular Candle Lantern Tours on Saturday evening. These guided tours through the Historic District provide a rare glimpse of village life and Civil War military camps at night. Each tour will culminate with entertainment at the furnaces by the musicians of the 6th New Hampshire Volunteers as they perform period 19th Century music. For more information, including hours, suggested donation, and lantern tour reservation information, visit the Friends of Long Pond Ironworks website: http://www.longpondironworks.org/calendar.htm . -- The Friends of Long Pond Ironworks is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and restoring the remaining structures of this unique 18th and 19th century industrial site and village and interpreting its history. FOLPI is an Officially Recognized Friends Organization of Long Pond Ironworks State Park.