illinois war of 1812 bicentennial commission

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

2010

June 11-12, 2010: Hill's Fort Spring Rendezvous, Greenville IL

July 30-Aug 1, 2010: Hill's Fort Heritage Days, Greenville IL

August 8, 2010, 2 p.m., Edwardsville Public Library, Community Meeting Room - Let's Find Fort Russell.  Click here for flyer.  

August 15, 2010 9 a.m., group photos at the Fort Dearborn Battle site; at the massacre site there will be a living history presentation; Fort Dearborn speaker at the Glessner House; discussion of War of 1812 Bicentennial goals.  More details to come soon.  Call Joe Viccarelli at 708-246-3099 or Mark Hayden 312-822-6746 for more information.

September 10-12, 2010:  Latzer Homestead Harvest Days, Highland IL

September 18, 2010:  Living History Weekend, Ft. Massac

Oct. 9, 2010: Golconda Cemetery Walk, Golconda, IL  Click here for more information

Oct. 9-10, 2010: Hill's Fort Living History Days, Greenville IL

Oct. 10, 2010:  Grave marking for William Pursley, private cemetery near Salem, Ill.  Contact us for more information

Oct. 31, 2010:  Grave marking for Jacob Grotts, Columbia, Ill. Contact us for more information

2012

September 14-16, 2012:  Johnson County Bicentennial, Vienna IL

Your Illinois War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission is also planning events to take place during the 2011-2014 bicentennial period. Check back often for updates.

EVENT PLANS AND IDEAS

•    Develop a clothing and accoutrement fair to be used initially at Kaskaskia and then on to other sites throughout Illinois.

•    Develop a tri-a-rama presentation based in Illinois Territory on 1) the Revolutionary War, 2) the Lewis & Clark era, 3) the War of 1812.

•    Develop a program that honors and remembers Rev. Billy Jones in Madison and Bond Counties.

•    Develop a program that honors and remembers Simon Lindley in Bond, Madison, and Sangamon Counties.

•    Develop a Madison County fort and blockhouse site tour.

•    Develop a Monroe and Randolph Counties fort and blockhouse site tour.

•    Develop a Wabash Valley fort and blockhouse site tour.

•    Plan a program at the old Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown.

•    Develop an audio CD of Illinois War of 1812 tales or short stories.

•    Support establishment of a new Daughters of 1812 chapter in the Hudsonville/Wabash area.

•    Illinois State History Fair project scenario which includes: 
o    Listing of potential project titles;
o    Listing of available source material;
o    Offer to find a mentor for history fair entrants; 
o    Place history fair projects in libraries around state.

•    Provide mentor for research papers for Illinois History Fair.

•    Provide mentor for audio-visual projects for Illinois State History Fair.

•    Develop a Geo-Caching route that encompasses many War of 1812 era sites throughout Illinois.

•    Develop a DVD of Illinois in the 1812 era

•    Plan a program in Grafton celebrating the Illinois River Block house.

•    Plan and complete the Commission’s book Illinois in the War of 1812.

•    Plan the Lively family massacre commemoration for Washington County.

•    Plan the Wood River massacre commemoration.

•    Plan the Vandalia encampment.

•    Fort Allison, Wabash County Blockhouse

•    First Invasion Movie

•    Fort Russell rediscovery

•    Plan event about William O’Neill – Ranger Killed

•    Reestablish Daughters of 1812 Chapter in Jacksonville area

 •    Develop Wabash Valley map of forts and blockhouses in conjunction with Indiana

•    Plan Shawnee Trail and Goshen Trail Commemorative Walks

•    Plan Ft Russell ball

EVENTS OUTSIDE OF ILLINOIS
Battle of Tippicanoe
Battle of Mississinewa


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