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WWII-Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN 5900 Post Road, Indianapolis,, IN, United States

This is a public living history event with camp displays encouraged.  A public battle demonstration will be conducted at 2 PM on Saturday, none on Sunday. A display of uniforms, equipment and weapons will be on display in the building next to our museum.  Please register on our Eventbrite page asap. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/m20cw-wwii-pacific-theater-event-aug-12-13-tickets-582363594187?aff=oddtdtcreator Arrival should be after […]

Free
Fort Jennings Fort Fest

Fort Jennings Fort Fest

Fort Jennings Park 100 East 1st Street, Fort Jennings, OH, United States

History comes alive at the Fort Jennings Park during Fort Fest. Come down to tour our timeline of encampments (1812 through Vietnam). We welcome new and familiar faces year after year to our historic banks of the Auglaize River. Cannon and musket fire will light fill the air throughout the weekend! Our 1812 encampment features reenactors […]

Free
Fort Jennings Fort Fest

Fort Jennings Fort Fest

Fort Jennings Park 100 East 1st Street, Fort Jennings, OH, United States

History comes alive at the Fort Jennings Park during Fort Fest. Come down to tour our timeline of encampments (1812 through Vietnam). We welcome new and familiar faces year after year to our historic banks of the Auglaize River. Cannon and musket fire will light fill the air throughout the weekend! Our 1812 encampment features reenactors […]

Free

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial’s Historic Weekend

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 93 Delaware Ave, Put-in-Bay, OH, United States

Every year the weekend after Labor Day weekend we commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie and the men on both sides that fought in it. We do this with a commemoration ceremony, parade, historic weapons demonstrations, trade demonstrations, and just living history in general. Traditional our friends group, The Perry Group, charters a ferry for […]

Living History Event – The Legacy of Mary Ingles 2023

Beech Fork State Park 5601 Long Branch Road, Barboursville, WV, United States

Mary Ingles Trail Associates (MITA) will present the 2023 Legacy of Mary Ingles encampment and living history event/reenactment at Beech Fork State Park, September 15-17, 2023. While named and centered around the life of Mary Draper Ingles, what we present is ALL life skills which Mary, her family, friends, and neighbors would need to survive […]

Free

47th Annual Simon Kenton Festival

1700 – 1840 Living History 6201 Kellogg Ave, Cincinnati, OH, United States

A two-day historical adventure in Old Washington Historic District in Maysville, Kentucky. The Simon Kenton Festival includes presentations from historical heroes such as Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone, pioneer games, music, museum tours, artisans, and much more. This weekend will be sure to provide you with historical knowledge, a treasured keepsake, and memories that will […]

Free

Life In Early Ohio

Fort Meigs Historic Site 29100 West River Road, Perrysburg, OH, United States

This two day encampment explores and presents the trades people of early Ohio and the support machine feeding the War of 1812 ubin a civilian re-enactment. Blacksmithing, Leather working, Tinsmithing, Army Recruiting, Medicine, Woodworking, Rope making, Soap making, and Candle production are featured and exulted amongst many others.  Military displays are also part of the […]

$10

Feast of the Hunters’ Moon 2023

Fort Ouiatenon Historic Park 3129 South River Road, West Lafayette, IN, United States

The Tippecanoe County Historical Association of Lafayette, Indiana, in cooperation with the Tippecanoe County Park and Recreation Department, will be sponsoring the 56th annual Feast of the Hunters’ Moon festival on October 7 & 8. Hours are Saturday 9am to 5pm E.D.T. and Sunday 9am to 4pm E.D.T. The Feast represents the time of homecoming, […]

Johnny Appleseed Festival Antique Tractor Show, Fun Pull, and Flea Market October 7 & 8, 2023

Auglaize Village and Farm Museum 12296 Krouse Rd., Defiance, OH, United States

This is our biggest event of the year! As fall arrives this is the last chance to revive all of your senses, to create a mental picture that will carry you through the winter. Reviving your senses will be the making of apple cider, cooking sorghum molasses, popping the kettle corn, and sawing timber into […]

7th Annual American Heritage Days at South Park

South Park 100 Brinkerhoff Ave, Mansfield, OH, United States

The Richland Early American Center for History invites you to discover life in early America during the 18th and 19th Century from living historical reenactors. Throughout the day there will be crafts, trades, demonstrations, and activities, including Blacksmithing, Games and Children’s Activities, Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations, and Civilian and Military Reenactments.  Grounds feature the 1808 […]

Free

Mississinewa 1812

Historic Mississinewa Battlefield 6000 N 300 W27, La Fontaine, IN, United States

Mississinewa 1812 is the largest War of 1812 living history event in the United States! Sponsored by the Mississinewa Battlefield Society Inc (Marion, IN) with the support of the Department of Natural Resources. It is a historical commemoration of the Battle of Mississinewa fought in Grant County on December 17-18, 1812. It’s a step back in time […]

18th C. Market Fair

18th C. Market Fair

Historic Locust Grove 561 Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville, KY, United States

Join us October 27th - 29th, 2023 for 18th Century Market Fair at Locust Grove! You can participate in 18th c. style entertainment, purchase replicas of 18th century military and household items, enjoy food and drink as our founders did, meet and converse with early Americans. Mock battles for our country’s independence will take place! […]

$5 – $10

1776 the Writing of the Declaration of Independence in a 20th Century Musical

Barbershop Quartet family Merrell Kenworthy present a program entitled “1776″, “The writing of the Declaration of Independence in a 20th century musical“ Feb 17 , 2024 , Hazelwood Christian Church Fellowship Hall.  1400  W. University Ave., Muncie, IN starting 10:00 am until about 11:15 am Free and open to the public. Children are welcome. Refreshments […]

Free

Kalamazoo Living History Show 2024

Kalamazoo Living History Show 2024

Kalamazoo County Expo Center 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

More than 10,000 historical re-enactors, history enthusiasts, collectors and the general public from the United States and Canada are expected to attend the 48th annual Kalamazoo Living History Show™.  The juried, nationally recognized show is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17, 2024, at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center, Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street, […]

$9.00 – $13.00
Kalamazoo Living History Show 2024

Kalamazoo Living History Show 2024

Kalamazoo County Expo Center 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

More than 10,000 historical re-enactors, history enthusiasts, collectors and the general public from the United States and Canada are expected to attend the 48th annual Kalamazoo Living History Show™.  The juried, nationally recognized show is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17, 2024, at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center, Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street, […]

$9.00 – $13.00

Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous

Cook Log Cabin Heritage Center 6707 Goshen Road, Goshen, OH, United States

The Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous is the largest living history event in Southwest Ohio and has been for over 30 years. Thanks to the Goshen Township Historical Society we are holding our rendezvous on the grounds of the Cook Log Cabin Heritage Center and, thanks to Goshen Local Schools, have the use of the field […]

Ashville Ohio Reenactment Timeline/Grove of Heroes

Ashville Ohio Reenactment Timeline/Grove of Heroes

Ashville Ohio Village Park 165 Walnut Street, Ashville, OH, United States

Held in conjunction with the Ashville Viking Festival, this event spans all history. All eras are accepted. From the legions of ancient Rome to the colorful mercenaries of the Holy Roman Empire and beyond, history awaits. Our reenactors look forward to explaining life throughout the ages. Visit our Grove of Heroes and learn how weapons […]

Free
St. George’s Day Commemorative Spring Encampment

St. George’s Day Commemorative Spring Encampment

Veterans Memorial Museum 100 Southwest Veterans Way, Chehalis, WA, United States

Welcome to St. George's Day Commemorative Spring Encampment in Chehalis! Join us for a fun and educational experience where you can step back in time and learn about 18th century America. Learn how an 18th century cannon is fired- then see it happen! Watch the infantry regiments drill and fire their muskets ! Study 18th […]

Free
St. George’s Day Commemorative Spring Encampment

St. George’s Day Commemorative Spring Encampment

Veterans Memorial Museum 100 Southwest Veterans Way, Chehalis, WA, United States

Welcome to St. George's Day Commemorative Spring Encampment in Chehalis! Join us for a fun and educational experience where you can step back in time and learn about 18th century America. Learn how an 18th century cannon is fired- then see it happen! Watch the infantry regiments drill and fire their muskets ! Study 18th […]

Free

Early Ohio on the Portage

Early Ohio on the Portage

Wood County Museum 13660 County Home Rd, Bowling Green

Early Ohio On the Portage: A Timeline Reenactment Event 1700-1865 Join us May 3, 4, & 5, 2024 for exploration and settlement in the early days of the northwest territory as well as the ohio 'country' along the Portage River in Wood County.  Event is held on the grounds of the Wood County Museum in […]

Free

Five Medals at The Trace

Stone's Trace 5111 Lincolnway South, Ligonier, IN, United States

Premier Living History event located at historic Stone's Trace in Ligonier, IN. We are entering year 4 at this site and celebrating year 16 of honoring the Five Medals name with an event. Firewood, water, restrooms included. Ice available for a fee. 1750-1815 with the inclusion of LaSalle expedition personas. Juried. Check us out on […]

$8.00

Benack 2024

POTAWATOMI WILDLIFE PARK IN TIPPECANOE, INDIANA 16998 State Road 331, Tippecanoe, IN, United States

Benack is an immersive event for public and reenactors. On Saturday, from 10-2, the public will be able to participate in a variety of demonstrations from spinning wool to building field fortifications. Lunch with the reenactors will include a fashion and arms show. At 1:30 a tactical demo will take place which will be an […]

Virginia: America’s First Frontier

Wilderness Road State Park 8051 Wilderness Rd., Ewing, VA, United States

By May of 1775, men, women, and children headed west, deep into the harsh wilderness. They followed the trace that led to a life of freedom. However, that freedom was overshadowed by hardships. The further onto the western fringe they traveled, the more important community became. Journey to Martin’s Station: Virginia’s final point of rest […]

Muster on the St. Mary’s – A Timeline Event

Historic Fort Wayne - The Old Fort 1201 Spy Run Ave, Fort Wayne, IN, United States

Historic Fort Wayne, Inc. will be hosting its annual Muster on the St. Mary's - A Timeline Event at the Old Fort. The event will be open Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and Sunday, May 12, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Visitors will visit the camps and displays set-up by re-enactors from […]

Free

‘Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.’


– Benjamin Franklin

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