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 Platteville Annual Historic Encampment

Platteville's Annual Historic Encampment is held in Platteville's Moundview Park. This exciting event coincides with Platteville's "Dairy Days" festival.  The Historic Encampment is proud to offer a quality educational experience to Tri-State area schools and communities.  Featured living history groups will include Fort La Jonquiere - A French Marine Company, The Old Lead Region Historical Society, 1771 Colonial Alliance and 1812 Prairie du Chien Militia.

Throughout individual and group camps, visitors will enjoy presentations on military and domestic life, Indian lifeways, clothing of the times, and more, while learning how people from diverse cultures co-existed on the frontier.  Artisans will demonstrate numerous skills, including flintknapping, silversmithing, candlemaking, spinning and dyeing, fingerweaving, blacksmithing, white metalwork, woodworking, cooperage and more.  Old-time music, food kettle korn, and merchants' wares are available throughout the Encampment.

Platteville's Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums will present exhibits and talks about early lead mining in Southwestern Wisconsin, along with an opportunity to participate in 19th Century children's and parlor games.

Friday, September 11^{th   all times subject to change}

STUDENT DAY!!!!

  Music throughout the day

    8:30 AM     Camp Opens to Public     

    8:45 AM     Opening Ceremony –

                        Raising of Colors (Flag Area)       

    9:45 AM     1812 Prairie du Chien                                            Militia Cannon Drill                           

  11:00 AM     Military Drills or Artilleries

  12:30 PM     1812 Prairie du Chien                                            Militia Cannon Drill                                    

    2:00 PM     Military Drills or Artilleries

    4:30 PM     Lowering of Colors (Flag Area)

    5:00 PM     Camp Closes to Public

    5:00 PM     Lock, Stock & Barrel –                                             Performance at Park Shelter

    5:30 PM     Camp Meeting/Introduction of                               Special Guests (Park Shelter)

    6:00 PM     Camp Meal (Park Shelter) –                                   Participants & Special Guests

Saturday, September 12^th

 Gaelic Harp music intermittently through the day

    8:30 AM     Parade Participants meet at                                   Park Shelter to board bus

    8:45 PM     Bus DEPARTS for Parade

    9:30 AM     Annual Dairy Days Festival Parade – Downtown Platteville

  11:00 AM     Camp Opens to Public

  11:30 AM     Raising of Colors (Flag Area)

     NOON       Lock, Stock & Barrel –                                             Old-Time & Period Music  

    1:00 PM     1812 Prairie du Chien                                            Militia Cannon Drill

    3:00 PM     Lock, Stock & Barrel –                                             Old-Time & Period Music

    3:30 PM     Military Drills or Artilleries

    4:00 PM     1812 Prairie du Chien                                            Militia Cannon Drill

    5:00 PM     Lowering of Colors (Flag Area)

    6:00 PM     Camp Closes to Public

Sunday, September 13^th

 (Gaelic Harp music intermittently through the day,

    8:00 AM     Ecumenical Worship Service

    9:15 AM     Group Photo (meet at Park Shelter)

  10:00 AM     Camp Opens to Public 

  10:15 AM     Raising of Colors (Flag Area)  

  11:00 AM     1812 Prairie du Chien Militia Cannon Drill

     NOON       Lock, Stock & Barrel – Old-Time & Period Music          

    1:00 PM     Military Drills or Artilleries  

    2:45 PM     Closing Ceremony – Lowering of Colors (Flag Area)

    3:00 PM     Camp Closes to Public  

Raising and lowering of colors in observation of Patriot's Day, which commemorates the American Victory at Lexington in the opening days of the Revolutionary War.