Event

205th Commemoration of the Battles of the River Raisin

• 01/20/2018 Location: Battlefield, Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Fee Information: FREE
  
  If Gov. Shutdown happens-ALL ACTIVITIES WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED! Activities take place on City property.
  
  205th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battles of the River Raisin
  Saturday January 20, 2018
   

  9:00am "Unspoken Sub-plots to the Raisin River Affair of 1813" by Sandy Antal
  
  11:00am Tactical Demonstration

  12:00pm Commemoration Ceremonies
   

  All the above activities will take place at the new River Raisin National Battlefield Park Education Center, located at 333 North Dixie Highway, by Elm Street and Dixie Hwy. Monroe, MI. 48162
  734-243-7136
  
  2:30pm War of 1812 Talk by Donald Hickey
  Monroe County Historical Museum, 126 S. Monroe St., Monroe, MI 48161, 734-734-240-7780
   

  Join the many participants from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Canada, along with Native Americans and residents of Monroe Michigan, as we remember the Battles of the River Raisin that took place 205 years ago January 18 & 22, 1813.
  
  Sponsored by Friends of the River Raisin Battlefield