1812 Reenactments

Calendar of Events

Re-enactors please email or contact event directly for registration, confirmation etc.



2009


Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec.

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DATE

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EVENT
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FEBRUARY
Feb 21 - 22
Note date change
Battle of Ogdensburg - Ogdensburg, NY  click here for quick info. 
Feb 27 - 28

The Living History Conference and Trade Show 2009
www.livinghistoryconference.com


MARCH

March

War of 1812 Symposium


March
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APRIL

April 

Lyon
Farm & Village - War of 1812 Event:  Yorkville,  Illinois click here for quick info.
FOR  MORE  INFORMATION CONTACT:
James - Anteekguy97 @ aol .com 
John Fenner -  jwfenner @ hotmail.com

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MAY


May 2 &
3


Battle of Longwoods,
Delaware, Ontario  click here for quick info. 
 
Royal Scots 





May 2

 

War of 1812 War College Ogdensburg, NY 
The event will be held at the National Register of Historic Places “Freighthouse Restaurant” in Ogdensburg, which is located on the site of the 1812 battlefield, and immediately adjacent to the Fort de la Présentation archaeological site. Participants’ registration fee will provide for the cost of three meals- a continental breakfast, buffet lunch and sit-down supper.



May 23 - 24


Ft. Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio click here for quick info.
Info email: Ft. Meigs fortmeigs @ yahoo.com or Call:  toll Free:  1-800-283-8916
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JUNE
 

June 5 - 7
usually the first weekend in June

 

Battle of Stoney Creek, Stoney Creek, Ontario  click here for quick info. 
For Info email:  
Susan Ramsay:         curator @ battlefieldhouse.ca
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June 20 - 21
**not confirmed
Port Dover

 

June 20 - 21 Muster on the Maumee  Ft. Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio 
Muster on the Maumee is one of the nation's largest and most diverse timeline events.  See the evolution of the common soldier from the Roman Legionnaire to the Vietnam G.I.  Costumed interpreters from throughout the United States and Canada demonstrate weapons, skills, trades, and camp life activities from the many different time periods. Also featuring historic vendors, craftsmen, and performers. 

Info email: Ft. Meigs fortmeigs @ yahoo.com or Call:  toll Free:  1-800-283-8916
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June 27-28
**not confirmed
Genesee Village - Mumford, NY






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JULY
July  
Battle of Lundy's Lane & Chippawa
  - Niagara Falls, Ontario 

July 4 - 5

Independence Day 1813 Celebration

Ft. Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio
In 1813, the only national holiday was Independence Day.  Reenactors portraying soldiers and civilians from the War of 1812 will recapture the spirit of the celebration of our independence as it was in 1813. At 2:00 pm. on July 4th, the garrison of Fort Meigs will recreate the National Salute.  The 18-gun salute will be accompanied by the original music and toasts.
Info email: Ft. Meigs fortmeigs @ yahoo.com or Call:  toll Free:  1-800-283-8916
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July 
11 - 13

 

Cryslers Farm  - Morrisburg, Ontario click here for quick info. 

The Friends of Crysler's Farm will be staging a re-enactment of the battle that halted the November, 1813 invasion of Canada, at the Battlefield Memorial.

Robin Morris - robinmorris @ cryslersfarm .com
Robert Irvine - bobirvine @ cryslersfarm .com
Postal address:
The Friends of Crysler's Farm
c/o Robert Irvine
8 Fifth St., RR3, Johnstown
Prescott, Ont.   K0E 1T0


July 11 -
12

War of 1812 in Wisconsin - Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin  click here for quick info. 


July 18 - 19

Fort George
- Timeline 

Fort George, Niagara-on-the-lake, ON
David_Webb   @pch.gc.ca
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July

Wasaga at War – “An 1812 Experience click here for quick info.

Nancy Island Historical Site

Wasaga Beach , Ontario , Canada
  Brunelle @csolve.net
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July
18 - 19

Founder's Day Weekend
- Ogdensburg, NY
FRENCH & INDIAN 
Encampment
FRENCH & INDIAN 
Encampment
and Colonial Trade Fair
F & I War Commemoration - 250 years
The event is located at Lighthouse Point in downtown Ogdensburg. 
This location is on the banks of the St. Lawrence River is the original site where Fort de la Presentation stood.

Sutlers, Traders & Atisans - contact: Jack Vargo:  vargo @ northnet.org 
Military /& Naval Re-enactors - contact: Tim Cryderman: timtaz @ northnet .org
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AUGUST
 

 

 

 

Lang Pioneer Village - Peterborough, Ontario
Info. email:  Lang Pioneer Village

Aug. 1 - 2 Sackets Harbor, Sackets Harbor, NY
 

Aug. 1 - 12

 

Time-Line Fort Malden, Ontario


Aug. 8 - 9


Siege of Fort Erie
Fort Erie, Ontario 
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Peter Martin:   pgmartin   @niagaraparks .com
905 - 871 - 0540
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Aug. 15 - 16

 

Fife & Drum Muster - Fort George  
David_Webb   @pch.gc.ca
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SEPTEMBER
 

Sept.  12 - 13

 

Bachus Mills, Port Rowan, Ontario
Info email:
backus  @lprca.on.ca
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Sept.

 

Battle of Plattsburgh NY
Contact: The Kent Delord House Museum
17 Cumberland Ave., Plattsburgh, NY 12901     
(518) 561-1035  fax: (518) 562-1893
email:  director @ primelink1.net 
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OCTOBER

Oct 
2,3,& 4

Mississenewa 1812 - Marion, Indiana

 


Oct 3- 4

Fanshawe 1812 - The Invasion of Upper Canada
London, Ontario
  



Oct

War if 1812 Garrison Weekend
Fort Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia

Oct 

Fort Osage Militia Muster - Sibley, Missouri

Location:
Fort Osage, Sibley, MO
Phone: (816) 503-4860
Email: fortosage @ jacksongov.org
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2010 -
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Future Founder's Day Weekends

 

2010 July 17 & 18

 

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Re-enactors please email or contact event directly for registration, confirmation etc.


 

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Feb  Battle of Ogdensburg - Ogdensburg, NY
Information


Dear Re-enactor:   At this time I wish to invite you to the  Annual Battle of Ogdensburg Re-enactment.   Ogdensburg, New York.  Across the St. Lawrence River from Prescott Ont.  The Battle of Ogdensburg  commemorates  the February 22, 1813 battle when British forces crossed the frozen St. Lawrence and attack the U.S. base in Ogdensburg.  The re-enactment will be held at lighthouse point, which was part of the actual battlefield.  
The registration and warming area will be at the Ogdensburg Recreation center on Riverside Avenue.  This building will also be available for free overnight accommodations.  (You will need to bring your cot and sleeping bags – no alcoholic beverages please)  If you desire to stay at the recreation center I need to know date of arrival, how many nights of lodging you desire and approximate time of arrival.  Accommodations at the near by Ramada Inn are available their phone number is (315) 393-2222 or the Stone Fence Motel their phone number is (315) 393-1545.

Lunch on Saturday and Sunday will be provided, as well as a Saturday night dinner.  The time and location of the dinner to be announced.  Registration starts at 10:00 am Saturday morning at the Recreation Center.  Officers call at 11:30, lunch at Noon.  Units will start to form up at 1 pm and the battle at Light House Point is scheduled for 1:30 pm.  Sunday will follow Saturday’s timetable.   
Forsyth’s Rifles Inc., is honoured to host this event.    Please contact me by February 1, if you plan to participate.  I would like the number of re-enactors attending and if you plan on staying at the recreation center Friday/Saturday night.  For further information contact me at 280 Jones Road, Madrid, New York 13660      
Thank you and I hope to see you soon.
 
Yours truly,Tim Cryderman, 
President
    Forsyth’s Rifles Inc.

Please respond with number of people from your unit that will be attending by February 1st if possible. 
Forsythes Rifles Inc. are honoured to host this event, 
for more info or updates, please contact Tim Cryderman:  
timtaz  @ northnet.org    or    call  315-322-5519 

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May Battle of Longwoods, Delaware, Ontario
Information

The Battle of Longwoods just outside of London, Ontario.  Please note the following information before registering:
- Setup cannot begin before 4:00pm on Friday.
- The UTMRS will not be providing breakfasts for reenactors this year.  There will, however, be Optimists on site selling breakfast for a nominal fee.
- The camp location has moved this year.  Please check-in at the Registration tent before setting up.
- Firewood is provided on site.  Straw is not provided.
- Registration is to be completed by individuals, not units.  Please fill out one form for each family attending.
-The camp will be open to the public from 10:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday and from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Sunday.  
- No vehicles will be allowed in camp during this time and it is asked that you keep the camp as authentic as possible.

- Proof of insurance is required to participate on the field at Longwoods.  We can no longer add people to our insurance coverage at the event. 

Contact persons for this event are:  
Chris McKay, at  Privatecannon @ hotmail .com

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This is the start of the re-enactment season and an excellent one for spectators to final get out of the winter blues. About 15 kilometres north-west of London along Hwy #402 you will see 'Longwoods Road', watch for signs.


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April LYON FARM & VILLAGE - WAR OF 1812 -  Yorkville,  Illinois
Information

Lyon
Farm & Village - War of 1812 Event:  
You are invited to attend the 2008 Lyon Farm & Village War of 1812 Event!
Please mark your calendars as you plan for this spring and summer reenactment seasons
Wanted are quality Native Americans, US & British soldiers & militia, trappers, traders, sutlers and civilians who portray the early 1800's .
This event seeks to portray life during the era of the fur trade and the War of 1812 in the Old Northwest.
Amenities offered include water, straw, and indoor washrooms at an historic outdoor museum.
Visit Lyon Farms restored buildings and homes and see the restored prairies hiking the nature trails.  Have lunch, shop at 19th century vendors, and enjoy an old fashioned hay ride.
Sutlers are welcome!

Lyon Historic Farm and Village is located just north of Route 126 on Route 71
in Yorkville, Illinois - approximately 45 minutes southwest of Chicago.
Event is open from 10am until 4pm each day with battles at 11am & 3pm.

For more information, please contact:
Jim Chochole   (630) 551-0560  Anteekguy97 @aol.com
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John Fenner   (920) 499-1215   jwfenner @ hotmail.com  please manually type email address without spaces !

Website: www.KCHS.us


May  Ft. Meigs, Ohio
Information
Fort Meigs 1813 - United States and British soldiers recreate the contest for the Old Northwest in 1813. Recreations of historic battles at Fort Meigs take place Saturday and Sunday. Lantern Tours Saturday evening. Please call to confirm specific times or make reservations.


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June   Battle of Stoney Creek  Stoney Creek, Ontario  Susan Ramsay
Information
The re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek will take place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Registration Deadline is normally May 1. Pre-Registration is required to guarantee your meal tickets. Meals, hot showers, firewood, water, straw, overnight security, free adjacent parking.

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Battle of Cryslers Farm - 1812

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Battle of Cryslers Farm- 1812
 
- Morrisburg, Ontario

The Friends of Crysler's Farm will be staging a re-enactment of the battle that halted the November, 1813 invasion of Canada the Battlefield Memorial.

Re-enactors portraying American and Anglo-Canadian armies and His Majesty's Mohawk Allies will take part in three battles - Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday afternoon - on the grounds of Crysler Memorial Park and inside Upper Canada Village. Many of the units taking part are re-creations of the actual regiments that fought on John Crysler's Farm on November 11, 1813. The rattle of musketry will be punctuated by the roar of cannons as the two armies depict engagements from the troubled times of the War of 1812 when armies from the new republic to the south invaded British North America seeking to make it the newest state.

They will be accompanied by civilians who will portray the camp life of those accompanied armies of the period while they were on the march. The tented camps of both armies, crafters, artisans and suttlers will combine to bring the largest-ever display of living history to an area that is no stranger to the heritage of this country.

Upper Canada Village, immediately adjacent to the Battlefield Memorial, is a re-creation of a typical settlement along the shores of the St. Lawrence at the time of Confederation and in 2000 was named the top visitor attraction in Canada. The site also includes a memorial to the Loyalist settlers who carved the province of Upper Canada from the wilderness after having lost their homes and possessions for their loyalty to the Crown during the American Revolution.

Of special note to historical re-enactors: bounties will be paid for artillery. Three meals will be provided along with camping amenities. The Crysler's Farm re-enactments are being organized by experienced re-enactors from across Eastern Ontario who have been staging events since the early 1980s.
Contact information:
Robin Morris - robinmorris @ cryslersfarm .com
Robert Irvine - bobirvine @ cryslersfarm .com

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Postal address:
The Friends of Crysler's Farm
c/o Robert Irvine
8 Fifth St., RR3, Johnstown
Prescott, Ont.   K0E 1T0

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Wasaga at War – “An 1812 Experience

Information

Nancy Island Historical Site      Wasaga Beach , Ontario , Canada

** Please check your accommodations if staying at a hotel  in Wasaga Beach.  A personal experience,  a local hotel w/ indoor pool & hot tub .  The tourism & website ratings are not accurate,  the conditions, service,  health concerns, pool & hot tub did not have a natural colour or smell, web images of the rooms are not as they appear or rated.  The rating should be NO star,  the room that was reserved was not received, all for over  $150/night.  Poor excuse for accommodations,  afterthought, in mid March we should have stayed  in our canvas tents!!!  Definitely an Experience we will not re-live!

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July 

WAR OF 1812 IN WISCONSIN
- Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin
Information
The event will take place on the original battlefield where American and British-Canadian soldiers clashed in 1814. Villa Louis is an Historic Site operated by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Past regiments and re-enactors who have attended have been the Prairie Du Chein Militia, 2nd US Artillery, the Michigan Fencibles, the Mackinac Volunteers, the 25th US Infantry, the 7th US Infantry, the 4th Regiment of Foot, the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the 1st US Infantry to name only a few.
 PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL TO CONFIRM EVENT
For more information, please contact:
John Fenner - Military Coordinator   (920) 499-1215   e-mail  jwfenner  @hotmail.com
Michael Douglass - site director  (608) 326-2721   e-mail  villalou  @mhtc.net
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We encourage you to make plans for attending our event. This is an excellent opportunity to interpret a well documented battle on it original site along the Mississippi along side some of the finest War of 1812 re-enactors in the United States and Canada.


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Aug  The Battle for Michigan Territory
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Held at the "Headlands Battleground" in Historic Mackinaw City, Michigan. Event is sponsored by the Spirits of the North and the Mackinac Regiment of Rifles. There will be full battle tacticals, pyrotechnics, looting, sutlers row and much, more. For those of you that haven't fought a battle at the "Headlands Battleground" just plain haven't fought a battle.
We welcome British & American soldiers, sailors, militia, voyageurs, Native Americans, civilian reps, sutlers, artisan's and food purveyors.
Your attendance at the Battle for Michigan Territory will be appreciated. Planning is now well underway for the August 2005 "Return to Mackinac Island" and the recreation of the August 4, 1814 battle on Mackinac Island. Visit "Historic Mackinac Island" and help be part of the recreated 1814 battle in the shadows of Fort Mackinac and Fort Holmes. This exciting War of 1812 event is sponsored by the Spirits of the North & Mackinac Regiment of Rifles with assistance from the Mackinac Island State Parks Commission, Village of Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. Event will feature the movement of troops on the tall ships, an American Landing on Mackinac Island, special placement of British Units and their Native American Allies, pyrotechnics, looting, sutlers and the "Battle for Historic Mackinac Island", and a whole lot more. This event is going to be too exciting to miss and pre-registration will be required well in advance as troop numbers will be limited.

PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL TO CONFIRM EVENT

phone:  (231) 352-4943


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Aug.  Siege of Fort ErieFort Erie, Ontario
Information
More than 20 years of the 2nd largest War of 1812 event held in Canada reenacting the British attempt to retake the Fort from hostile US forces. Numerous sorties, engagements and a spectacular night battle. Usual amenities for re-enactors and sutlers. 
Free admission to most areas. Free parking. Saturday night "Candle Light Tour".
For more information contact:
Historic Fort Erie, Niagara Parks Commission, 
P.O. Box 150, 
Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6T2 
or call:  Historic Fort Erie, Living History Weekend 1-905-871-0540     Toll free:  1-877-642-7275 
For general info: on Niagara Parks features including Historic Fort Erie here.


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Sept. Battle of Put-In-Bay, Put-In-Bay, Ohio
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The war of 1812 event commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie on the grounds of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial located in the island town of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, USA. The location of this site is on an island in Lake Erie off the coast of the state of Ohio. Participants attending this event will receive reimbursement for the round-trip ferry transportation to and from the island, and some funds will be available to help the cost of mileage. Five meals (Fri. eve., 3 on Sat., & Sun. morning), rest rooms facilities, firewood, water, straw will also be provided. For those concerned with ferrying vehicles, the National Park Service will provide transportation for equipment to and from the island. Registered participants will also be eligible to win special door prices.
 PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL TO CONFIRM EVENT
Gerry Altoff, Supervisory Park Ranger
Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
Put-in-Bay, Ohio, USA 43456          (419) 285 - 2184 - or e-mail  pevi_superintendent   @nps.gov
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