Immersive 18th Century Tavern Experience Outside the church, the tavern was the most important institution in most towns. Taverns were used as meeting places for political assemblies (like the militia or the courts). When people needed to conduct business meetings or hold markets, their choices were generally the church or the tavern. Since the Colonial […]
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Join us this July 4th, 2026 for our largest artillery demonstration of the year! Our historic interpreters are recreating the 18 shot National Salute that soldiers fired here on Independence Day in 1813. The site will be open from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. The 18 Gun Salute takes place at 2:00 p.m. |
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2 events,We are all familiar with the impact of Enlightenment thinking on the politics of the American Revolutions. Overtures or Locke and Rousseau are found in debates leading to the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers debating the Constitution. Thomas Pane forcefully renounces the ideas of hereditary rule (Common Sense) and Patrick Henry literally screams […] |
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Largest Colonial Event in Michigan (French and Indian War and Revolutionary War). Two tacticals daily, one for each era. Different demonstrations daily including drum and fife corp. Wood, water, porta pots, some powder and Saturday evening meal furnished. Nice town for your family to enjoy and a site where the sponsors really appreciate reenactors. Set […] Come to Independence National Historic Park and hear the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association tell the under-emphasized history and the history that the Trump Adminstration hopes to censor. We are telling the stories of black patriots, Jewish patriots, women patriots, and others who made our nation great. |
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Under the canopy of centuries old oak and sycamore trees, we have carved out a place where the stories of our country's past can be heard as clear as the day they happened. Campfire smoke and music or storytelling wafts through the air and cannon and musket fire occasionally break the peaceful atmosphere in our […]
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Come join us for the 4th annual North Idaho Colonial Encampment in Beautiful Old Town Idaho along the banks of the Pend Oreille River.
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