Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 19:35:40 -0500 Message-ID: <4BE5BD0C.F668.00CC.0@mhtc.net> From: "Cindy Downs" <cdowns@mhtc.net> Subject: Fort Blue Mound marker rededication
Come join us on Saturday, May 22nd at 2 PM at the fort site. Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk will be in attendance for this historic event!
The afternoon event includes: a re-creation of the Return of the Hall Sisters to General Henry Dodge: Bob Birmingham, retired state archaeologist who did the site excavation will speak on the fort, his findings and his upcoming book: Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settler’s Fortification of the Black Hawk War (Wisconsin Historical Society Press). The fort site marker rededication will be the final chapter in his book due out later this year.
The marker will be unveiled and refreshments will be available. The public is encouraged to attend. Members of the Blue Mounds Area Historical Society will be on hand to answer questions about the fort and the project as well as the historical society itself.
Parking is in the Village of Blue Mounds industrial park along Blackhawk Drive and in the parking lot of Midwest Prototyping. There will be a designated access point from the parking lot.
Membership information and newsletters available. For more information, please call Cindy Downs at (608) 437-4688.