Event
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Multiple Days: 06/18/2016, 06/19/2016
Location:
George Rogers Clark NHP,
Time: 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Fee Information: Free
Contact Name: Jason Collins
Contact Email: E-Mail Us
Contact Phone Number: 812-882-1776 x. 207
Are you looking for something fun to do this summer? Come and join the staff at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (GRCNHP) for its annual Summer Junior Ranger Series. Junior Rangers are invited to attend events focused on hands-on learning and fun! The 2016 series consists of five events, one every month (June, July, August, September, October), all dealing with different topics and interests.
The first Junior Ranger event, Three Forts Day, will be a two-day event focused on the three different forts built inside what is now GRCNHP (French Post Vincennes, Fort Sackville, American Fort Knox III). The year 2016 marks the bicentennial for Indiana, the centennial of the National Park Service, and the 50th anniversary of GRCNHP. These anniversaries will be celebrated during this timeline event. The event features re-enactors portraying units stationed in Vincennes during the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812 periods.
Activities throughout the day will include performances by the Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corps, which is a youth fife and drum corps out of St. Charles, Missouri. They will be on site both days offering period music and demonstrating their instruments. Come meet the founder of Vincennes, Francois Marie Bissot, the Sieur de Vincennes. In addition, kids can join the militia and experience life on the frontier for a soldier and see what they ate, how they dressed, etc. Junior Rangers will also discover how soldiers constructed forts using 18th century tools, play 18th century games and so many other fun activities!
The event will take place at the GRCNHP Visitor Center at 401 S. 2nd St. in Vincennes on Saturday June 18 from 11-4 PM (EST) and Sunday June 19 from 11 am until 3 PM (EST).
The next Junior Ranger Series event will take place on Saturday July 23 and is entitled "Ranger Career Day" and will take place at GRCNHP from 1-4 PM EST. All events are open to the public and are free of charg