If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
– Rudyard Kipling
The Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous is the largest living history event in Southwest Ohio and has been for almost 30 years. Due to Covid restrictions we had to cancel in 2020 and 2021, but now we are back and have moved to a new location. Thanks to the Goshen Township Historical Society we are holding […]
Pre-1840 Encampment in Wisconsin. Emphasis is Fur Trade Era but any period from 1600-1840 acceptable. Shooting, tomahawk and knife throwing, primitive archery competitions, children’s games, evening entertainment, good and period appropriate vendors — a wonderful 6 day family event.
Come rendezvous with us near the fork of Sycamore Creek and Battle Creek in Springfield, Tennessee where the Battle Creek Massacre took place in June or July of 1780, when a party of Choctaws and Chickasaws killed Joseph Renfro and about twenty persons in total as they left Renfro Station for safety and only one […]
18th Century Trade Fair Watch as craftsmen demonstrate skills of the 18th century creating items that are both utilitarian and artistic. Visit merchants selling wares that would have been available to early residents. Witness entertainers performing shows and music from the early part of our country’s history. Food vendors create tasty dishes that will take […]
The Rendezvous features 1700s military units, traditional craft demonstrations, period music and dancing, black powder shooting events and cannon firings – all from the time when France controlled what is now Illinois. Visitors can try their hand at throwing a tomahawk, buy hand-made crafts, learn about French kitchen gardens, and watch swordsmen duel, taste delicious […]
Join the fun and excitement at Compass Inn Museum for Ligonier Valley Historical Society’s second Living History Weekend of the summer. From 11 am to 4 pm on July 16th and 17th, interact with the men and women of the Maryland based Ship’s Company, a reenactment unit that portrays the naval contractor system used to […]
As part of the July Living History Weekend at Compass Inn Museum, located at 1382 Route 30 East, Laughlintown, PA 15655, we cordially invite you to dance the night away under the stars like Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy with local Ligonier Valley dancing master, Brett Walker, & period music by The Wayward […]
In this our 27th year, we are excited to bring you one of the Midwest's largest and most unique free public admission living history events to be held at historic Lake Storey Park in Galesburg Illinois. Lake Storey is on the far north side of town, with 430 acres of wooded and rolling lands, all […]
Journey back in time and visit with the soldiers and camp followers of the present-day Proctor’s. They portray the riflemen of the very first American Troops west of the Allegheny Mountains. In the mid-1700s, the ‘Wild West’ wasn’t as west as one would think. The Laurel Highlands separated the early Pennsylvania colony from the wild […]
Take a voyage back in time to the fur trade era before Chicago became a city. New and returning reenactors are welcome to camp on the beautiful banks of the Des Plaines, the actual river on which Marquette and Joliet traveled in 1673, as they paddled up river towards present day Chicago. This is a […]
We invite you to come rendezvous with us in the beautiful Piedmont Region of North Carolina where Daniel Boone roamed before heading for the Western Frontier. In the mid-1760s, Boone began to look for a new place to settle. The population was growing in the Yadkin Valley, which decreased the amount of game available for […]
Pre 1840's Rendezvous with a fall time twist. There will be fun and games, prizes to be won by all ages.
April 2023 is once again the time for the annual Grassy Run Heritage Rendezvous at the historic Cook Log Cabin Heritage Center. This is a pre-1840 historical encampment. The cabin will be open and a period blacksmith shop will be operating. The main camp will be on the grounds of Goshen High School, with access […]
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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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
There are 3 events held at this fort each year. This is a large, reconstructed stone fort that was the seat of French power in the Illinois Country (1723-1763). It was recently listed as a National Park. https://www.nps.gov/places/fort-de-chartres.htm https://www.fortdechartres.us/ https://dnrhistoric.illinois.gov/experience/sites/site.fort-de-chartres.html Fort de Chartres Colonial Market and Trade Fair (Juried event) held every year on the […]
‘Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.’
– Benjamin Franklin
