Events

Fort Sisseton Historical Festival, Lake City South Dakota

May 14, 2009

KA-BOOM!!! The sound of the Fort’s cannon resonates as black powder smoke fills the spring air. A Cavalry General shouts the command, “CHARGE!” as he leads his army across the open prairie. From June 5-7, Fort Sisseton will again come to life. “The Fort Sisseton Historical Festival started over 30 years ago as a way [...]

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New Mexico History Museum Opens

May 14, 2009

The doors of the newly created New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe will open to the public for the first time May 24, 2009, during Memorial Day weekend. The state-of-the-art, immersive, interactive exhibition about New Mexico’s complex and colorful stories will forever banish the notion of history as boring and un-engaging. The museum’s multi-media [...]

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Celebrate Honest Abe’s 200th Birthday

February 2, 2009

Put on your stovepipe hats and join the Kentucky Historical Society and Clifford the Big Red Dog in celebrating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky’s most famous native son. This free Family Fun Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 14, at the Thomas D. Clark Center for [...]

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Heritage Events Commemorate 250th Anniversary French and Indian War

September 3, 2008

Re-enactments and Historic Sites Showcase Adirondack Heritage As part of an ongoing effort to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the French and Indian War, a series of heritage events are planned throughout the Adirondack Region in 2008, with the opening of a newly reconstructed “king’s warehouse” at historic Fort Ticonderoga topping the list. But this [...]

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