War of 1812 Events

• As soon as this information become available to me I will have them posted. If you are an organizer, then send your activity to me for immediate posting (this is a free service).
• This list is current as of: August 20, 2006

May

1. May 6-7, 2006 - Battle of Longwoods, London Ontario
   
   
   • This is the start of the re-enactment season and an excellant one for spectators to final get out of the winter blues. The event is usually well attended with a good mix of American, British and Canadian troops. Lots of sutlers and great camping.
   
   
   
   • This event features the 'Ambush of Westbrook'-Reservoir Hill on Saturday the 1st, and the 'Battle of Longwood's on Sunday the 2nd. This event is sponsored by the Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society and the Longwoods Road Conservation Area.
   
   
   
   • Wood is provided as is Saturday and Sunday breakfast (coffee or tee and a donut).
   
   
   
   • The Longwood's Committee asks that no set up be done prior to 4:30 pm on the Friday. This is so that the educational program which takes place from 10-4:30 can take place uninterrupted. Those re-enactors arriving before 4:30 will be asked to wait in a holding area just before the visitors center and await the departure of the students.
   
   
   
   • 6.5km west of Delaware or 10km east of Melbourne on Longwoods Road (Middlesex County Road 2). The Battle of Longwoods is located at the Longwoods Road Conservation Area about four miles west of the junction of Highway 402 and the Longwoods Road. You exit at the Longwoods Road and head west. Signs will indicate the site of the Park. If you arrive in the small village of Melbourne you've gone too far. Turn around and you will see the signs. The park is located on the north side of the Longwoods Road. the phone number for the park is 519 264 2420.
   
   
   
   • If you are coming from Highway 401 (Windsor) Exit at Highway 21 and head north to the Longwoods Road (County Road 2) at the traffic light in Thamesville. Turn right (east) and proceed about thirty miles including the village of Melbourne. Longwoods Road Conservation area will be a few more miles, on your left. Hope to see all of you there.
   
   
   
   • For more information please contact:

     Dave Westhouse Royal Scots 519-649-2276 westhouse@sympatico.ca

2. May 6-7, 2006 - Havre De Grace, MD
   
   
3. May 13 - 14, 2006 - North West Company War of 1812, Pine City, Minn
   
   
4. May 20 - 21, 2006 - Lyon Historical Village - Yorkville, IL
   
   
5. May 20 - 21, 2006 - Sully Militia Muster - Sully, VA
   
   
6. May 27-28, 2006 - First Siege Encampment - Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio
   

   First Siege Encampment will focus on the events related to the first siege of the fort. This event is the most important 1812 event hosted in the state of Ohio. Improved siege works will separate the opposing forces as they recreate a garrison under siege. On both days tacticals will be related to pertinent events at Fort Meigs. Artillery units should call for further information regarding powder prior to the event. It is recommended that each soldier bring at least 200 rounds prepared. The site can no longer afford to give a powder bounty for men under arms so be prepared and bring your own. Lantern tours will occur Saturday evening and scenarios will relate to events of the first siege.

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   June

   1. June 10 - 11, 2006 - Georgina Militia Muster - Sutton, ON
      
      
   2. June 17 - 18, 2006 - Battle of Craney Island - Fort Norfolk, VA
      
      
   3. June 17 - 18, 2006 - Shandy Hall Encampment - Geneva, OH
      
      
      

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   July

   1. July 8-9, 2006 - Cryslers Farm - Morrisburg, Ontario
      
      • The event will be held on the weekend of July 8, 2004 with the camps open to receive participants on Fri., July 7.
        
      • There will be period and modern camping areas and all camp amenities.
        
      • You can register on-line at our Web site, www.cryslersfarm.com, which also contains detailed driving instructions to the site. It is located just off Exit 758 from the 401, which means it is 758 kilometres east of Windsor.
        
      • If your unit has colours, please bring them. Both armies will have corps of drums and early indications are that each will have a cavalry arm. As well (and in typical 1812 re-enacting fashion) we'll have artillery up the wazoo.
        
      • For more information or to offer suggestions please contact Robin Morris
        
        
   2. July 14 - 15, 2006 - WAR OF 1812 IN WISCONSIN - Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin
      
      • Please plan to visit the annual Battle Of Prairie Du Chein 2006, hosted by the Villa Louis State Historic Site. The site of the original battle in 1814 where British soldiers, and their native allies clashed with US infantry along the Mississippi River.
      • The event offers rations, powder and full amenities including water and firewood. Plan your calendar to be part of a well-documented event with some of the War of 1812's finest reenactors. Battle each day, musket reliability, living history, ladies tea and daily military drills. Artillery and vendors welcome!
      • For more information, please contact:
        John Fenner - Military Coordinator
        (920) 499-1215
        e-mail
        
        Michael Douglass - site director
        (608) 326-2721
        e-mail
        
        
      
      
   3. July 21-23, 2006 - Wasaga under Siege - , Wasaga Beach, Ontario
      • Building on the success of previous Wasaga under Siege, the Historic Military Establishment of Upper Canada in partnership with the Town of Wasaga Beach look forward to hosting you once again from July 21st to the 23rd 2006. Wasaga under Siege a War of 1812 experience will once again come to life as over 500 re-enactors will take part echoing history once again through the streets and waters of Wasaga Beach and Nancy Island Historic Site.
      • With a schedule comparable to the Battle of Georgian Bay, we have come up with a great weekend for re-enactors and spectators alike! Re-enactors will enjoy a safe Grand Encampment area on Historic Nancy Island, water, straw, food, entertainment, drinks, souvenir and 4 different battles on 3 different battlefields with a new river battle component all provided. Battles will be fought all over the town of Wasaga Beach with parading, cannons, muskets, fife and drums, longboats and skiffs. We will be using all our talents and proven Battle of Georgian Bay hospitality to make sure all re-enactors feel welcomed and satisfied that it was worth the effort and trip.
      • Wasaga Beach, Ontario as many of you already know host the longest fresh water beach in the world and attracts thousands of tourist each day to its beaches and attractions. Re-enactors and there families will have the opportunity to enjoy the historical components of the event as well as the beach and modern attractions such as shopping, waterslides, midway, paintball and other attractions to numerous to mention.
      • Sutlers, blanket traders and artisans are welcomed free of charge and the Saturday evening concert for the re-enactors and public features Gopher Baroque from Kingston, Ontario as well as other local flavoured historical entertainment.
      • The Grand Encampment will also feature a Saturday evening self guided lantern tour just before the concert with snacks and drinks also available. The self guided lantern tour will feature musket and cannon demonstrations, Surgeon's Tent, Dr. Quimby's Medicine Show, music, sutlers, sentries and much more!! We will be looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of this self-guided lantern tour, if interested please contact me anytime.
      • All re-enactors who portray any aspect of the War of 1812 are welcomed to participate. They can include - British and American Regulars or Militia including Civil War acting as American Militia, Navy Personnel, Cannon Crews, Natives, Voyageurs, Rendezvous, Buckskinners and Men, Women and Children civilians. Re-enactors who wish to bring cannons, bateaus/row boats/canoes and cavalry can negotiate with me for travel, haulage or powder compensation.
      • Sunday morning will also feature the Redcoat Iron-man and Iron-women contest that was so popular last year and at the Battle of Georgian Bay with great prizes going out to the winners.
      • For those who would like more information about Wasaga under Siege – “A War of 1812 Experience” visit our website at and you can also register online. If you are registering on-line please register individually or as an immediate family unit. This gives me better numbers for logistics for food and actual people attending. You can also receive more information by contacting us through the following manners:

        Wasaga under Siege Event C/O – David Brunelle
        22 Fox Street
        Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
        L9M 1R9
        
        Phone - 705-549-5538
        Cell – 705-529-6382
        Fax – 705-549-5538
        E-mail
        

   4. July 29 - 30, 2006 - Fort Niagara - Youngstown, NY
      
      
   5. July 29 - 30, 2006 - Fort William - Thunder Bay, ON
      
      

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   August

   1. August 5 - 6, 2006 - Sacket's Harbor - Sacket's Harbor, NY
      
      
      • Staff at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site extends an invitation to 1812 living history units to attend the fourth annual Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site War of 1812 Weekend on Saturday August 5 and Sunday August 6, 2006 at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site (NY). Help tell the story of the War of 1812 and the history of your unit to broaden the weekend's interpretive program.
      • The Site Supplies: straw, firewood, black powder allowance for artillery, fire pits, cooking ingredients, restrooms.
      • The American Battlefield Protection Program values Sackets Harbor as one of the ten top ranked War of 1812 sites having a high level of integrity.
      • War of 1812 WEEKEND SCHEDULE - Sat. August 5th and Sun. August 6th: wreath laying ceremony at cliff side and Memorial Grove, "Tops" firing drill and cannon firing, and much more. With enough units participating, a tactical may be presented. On Fri. afternoon-evening period music by The Connecticut Peddler, continuing through Saturday with War of 1812-era children's games and storytelling.
      • Visit website for more details or e-mail.
      
      
      
   2. August 12 - 13, 2006. Siege of Fort Erie, Historic Fort Erie , Fort Erie, Ontario

      
      

      • This is the 20th Anniversary of the second largest War of 1812 event held in Canada reenacting the British attempt to retake the Fort from hostile US forces. Numerious sorties, engagements and a spectacular night battle. Usual amenities for re-enactors and sutlers. Free admission to most areas including parking for the general public. Small admission fee for tour of Fort and for unforgettable 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. Niagara Parks can also be contacted toll free at 1-877-642-7275. For general information on other Niagara Parks features including Historic Fort Erie click here.
        
        
      • For more detailed information e-mail or to fill out re-enactor's registration form. form.
      
      
      
   3. August 12 - 13, 2006 - Battle of Blandensburg - Riverdale, MD
      
      
   4. August 19 - 20, 2006 - Hancock's Resolution - Caulks Field, MD
      
      
   5. August 26, 2006 - Surrender of Alexandria - Alexandria, VA
      
      
   6. August 26-27, 2006 - Williamsport Days - in Williamsport, Maryland
      
      
      • For more information, please contact
        George Franks
        Williamsport Days Committee
        301-379-0330
        e-mail
        
      
      

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      September

      1. Sept 3, 2006 - Battle of North Point - Fort Howard, MD
         
         
      2. Sept 9 - 10, 2006 - Battle of Put-In-Bay, Put-In-Bay, Ohio (To be confirmed!)
         • The war of 1812 event commemorating the 188th 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 (Friday evening, three on Saturday, and Sunday 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 wind special door prices.
         
         
         • Interested parties should contact:

           Gerry Altoff
           Supervisory Park Ranger
           Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial
           Put-in-Bay, Ohio
           USA 43456
           (419) 285 - 2184
           e-mail or e-mail

         • Please visit Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial website
           
           
         • NOTE: Mr. Gerry Altoff is a reenactor and a historical author of some of the finest volumes of historic text around, especially concerning the War of 1812. He has always had a super event and treats the reenactors like guests. For your information the hamlet of Put-in-Bay is the number one summer destination for boaters on Lake Erie. Any one who has visited it's street of bars & pubs will know just what Jimmy Buffett sang about in his songs. This island is known as KEY WEST NORTH ! What a place to have an event. - Larry Lozon
         
         
      3. Sept 9 - 10, 2006 - Backus Mills - Backus Conservation Area, Port Rowan Ont.
         
         
         • Come and watch a battle as it was during the conflict of 1812 between The United States of America and Great Britain (Upper Canada). Shop at the historical merchants and suttlers. Tour the grounds of this magnificent and historic site. Truly, an educational, fun, and exciting day for all ages!
         
         
         
         • The Backhouse Mill was one of the few grist mills not burned during the American raids in the area. Red coats in the woods, huge bonfires, the bonds of the Masonic Order, or troops lost in the heavily wooded area. Which of these would you think might be the reasons that the 1798 grist mill was not burned during the War of 1812? The original wooden structure, with its hand hewn beams and water wheel, was in operation from 1798 until 1955; making it the longest continually operating grist mill in Ontario. Today, Backhouse Mill is a National Historic Site, operated by the Long Point Region Conservation Authority
         
         
         
         • Visit our website for further information or to register. You can e-mail also.
         
         
      4. Sept. 8 - 10, 2006 - Battle of Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, on Lake Champlain
         Contact:
         • The Kent Delord House Museum
           17 Cumberland Ave.
           Plattsburgh, NY 12901
           (518) 561-1035
           
           Click here for more information
         
         
         
      5. Sept 9 - 10, 2006 - Star Spangled Banner Weekend - Fort McHenry, MD
      
      
      
      6. Sept 23 - 24, 2006 - Fanshawe Village - London, ON
      
      
      
      7. Sept 27, 2006 - Alexandria Historical Society Meeting at The Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Virginia 7:30 p.m.
      
      
      • "RESPONSE TO TERROR: ALEXANDRIA SURRENDERS TO THE BRITISH, AUGUST 1814"
      
      
      • War of 1812 historian Christopher T. George, author of Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay, will discuss this question and relate what occurred in 1814 to the modern defense of the United States against its enemies.
      
      
      • For more information go to www.alexandriahistorical.org/detail.php?id=26&type=event
      
      
      
      
      8. September 30 - Oct. 1, 2006 - Jefferson Paterson Park Museum, St. Leonard's MD
         
         
      9. September 30 - Oct. 1, 2006 - Heritage Days "The Faire at the Forks " - Thamesgrove Conservation Area Hwy #2 in Chatham ON
         • Step back in time at our Annual Heritage Days, "The Faire at the Forks." Enter a world of muskets and lanterns, haversacks and reticules, of bartering and trading where wood smoke hangs low over army encampments and the sound of dulcimer music drifts up from the river.
           
           
         • As free from twentieth century intrusions as possible, the faire offers a rare and exciting opportunity to mingle with local citizens in authentic period clothes who portray early settlers to the area; to eat and drink period refreshments which have been meticulously researched and above all to be entertained by music, theatre, juggling, drills and demonstrations of crafts and wares of the early 1800's. Thousands of previous participants agree -- "The entire faire is a delight."
           
           
         • For more details contact: Sheila Gibbs
           
           or visit www.fairattheforks.com

         
         
         

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      October

      1. October 13 - 15, 2006 - Mississinewa - Marion, Indiana
         
         
      2. October 28 - 29, 2006 - Fort Osage Militia Muster - Sibley, Missouri
      
      
      
      3. October 28 - 29, 2006 - Militia Muster - Todds Inheritance, MD
      
      
      

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      Year 2007

      1. May 19 & 20, 2007 - Lyon Farm & Village, Yorkville, Illinois
         
         
      2. August 10 - 12, 2007. Siege of Fort Erie, Historic Fort Erie , Fort Erie, Ontario
         
         
      3. October 5 - 7, 2007 - Mississinewa - Marion, Indiana
         
         

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