Message-ID: <BLU174-W2569BDE01E1ABFEAC266BA1350@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Portage's Agency House to Host "A Funeral at the Fort" Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:26:23 -0500
5th Annual Encampment to Feature
"A Funeral at the Fort"
And Make Your Reservations for the
Children's Grave Rubbing Workshop TODAY!
The Historic Indian Agency House of Portage is hosting
their 5th annual living history encampment on Saturday, September
14, 2013 from 9am to 5pm. This year’s
event, “A Funeral at the Fort,” will transport you back in time to
a 19th
century funeral on the Wisconsin frontier. Visitors to the site will get t
he chance to
observe and interact with a host of characters in historic costume and
character in an authentic historic setting.
Learn about how our American ancestors dealt with the constant companion
of death through special tours, demonstrations and activities taking plac
e
throughout the day, featuring fascinating information on mourning traditi
ons
and funeral and burial rituals.
Some of the day’s highlights include a frontier doctor
eager to share his knowledge of and experience with the many accidents,
ailments and medical “remedies” that caused death on the unsettled Amer
ican
fringes that was 19th century Michigan Territory, a funeral set-up
in the Agency House parlor (complete with real “pine box”!), memorial
samplers
and mourning hair jewelry demonstrations, and open-air cooking in histori
c
style.
Catch a special tour at 9:30am, 11:30am, or 3pm, with a
special gravestone-rubbing children’s workshop taking place at 1pm at the
original and still-functioning Fort Winnebago Cemetery just up the road fro
m
the Agency House off Highway 33. The special
tours and the children’s workshop are free to the public, although rese
rvations
for the children’s workshop are strongly encouraged and will help ensure
that
enough craft materials are on hand for all participants. Call 608-742-6362
or
email historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
to make your reservation today. (Participating children should be between t
he
ages of 6 to 12 years old and accompanied by an adult chaperone.)
Between
scheduled activities, visitors are encouraged to wander the site—stroll
about
and mingle with our historic guests, all experienced educators with an in
terest
specifically in the 1830s era…and they can’t wait to share their knowle
dge with
you!
Please note that special care will be taken to ensure that
this event remains family-friendly, despite the somewhat-sobering subject
matter. No graphic or gruesome elements will be present.
The free event is made possible by a generous grant from
the Great Circle Foundation, Inc. of East Northport, New York. For inf
ormation regarding this or any other
Historic Indian Agency House event, call Director Destinee Udelhoven at
608-742-6362.
__________________________________________________________2013 marks the Hi
storic Indian Agency House's
81st year of public service.
This generations-long dedication to historic preservation and education
has been a direct result of the conscientious stewardship of the site's own
ers,
The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Wisco
nsin.
Find out more at www.wiconsindames.org !
____________________________________________________________
Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago
608-742-6362
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
“Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.
”
~
Aldo Leopold