October 4 & 5, 2025 - Living History Event Schedule
Saturday & Sunday
Gun will be fired at 10, noon & 4:00 (at least).
Ongoing demonstrations: spinners/weavers, blacksmith, tinsmith, cooper, sutler clerks, black powder demonstrations inside of the fort! Visit the cabin, garden and the Council House!
Saturday, October 4
| Day/Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole) | |
| 10:15 AM | Flagpole | Prepare for Inspection |
| 11:00 AM | Visitor Center | Speaker, Tom Bryan "The History of Ft. Atkinson’s Cow Pen Flag" & Kevin Arnold on "Regimental Flags" |
| 12:00 PM | Flagpole on Parade Ground | Assembly, Noon Gun |
| 12:05 PM | Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher) | |
| 12:05 PM | SE Barrack | Ron Westlake "Alcohol in the 1820's" |
| 12:15 PM | Shade Trees on the parade Ground | Pressing Apples for Cider |
| 1:30 PM | Northwest Barrack | Vignette on the 1825 "Treaty of Friendship" by Bob Baker |
| 2:00 PM | Near Sutler Store | Harvesting 1820's style |
| 3:00 PM | Visit all buildings outside of the north gate for a complete history of the happenings of 1820’s | |
| 4:00 PM | The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, evening gun, flagpole) |
Sunday, October 5
| Day/Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole) | |
| 10:30 AM | School Room, North Barrack | Church service, publik welcome! |
| 11:00 AM | Visitor Center | Speaker, Tom Bryan "The History of Ft. Atkinson’s Cow Pen Flag" & Kevin Arnold on "Regimental Flags" |
| 12:00 PM | Flagpole on Parade Ground | Assembly, Noon Gun |
| 12:05 PM | Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher) | |
| 12:05 PM | SE Barrack | Ron Westlake "Alcohol in the 1820's" |
| 1:30 PM | Northwest Barrack | Vignette on the 1825 "Treaty of Friendship" by Bob Baker |
| 2:00 PM | Near Sutler Store | Harvesting 1820's style |
| 3:00 PM | Visit all buildings outside of the north gate for a complete history of the happenings of 1820’s | |
| 4:00 PM | The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, evening gun, flagpole) |
Take a Video Tour of Fort Atkinson
Footage courtesy of Clay Massa
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What's Happening?
September 25, 2025
Gun will be fired at 10, noon & 4:00 (at least).
Ongoing demonstrations: spinners/weavers, blacksmith, tinsmith, cooper, sutler clerks, black powder demonstrations inside of the fort! Visit the cabin, garden and the Council House!
August 15, 2025
A variety of on-going military re-enactor groups from the Revolutionary War to the present. View military the various displays and interpreters portraying 1820's military and civilian life at Ft. Atkinson. A variety of military vehicles will be on grounds