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January 28, 2025

Christmas in Zoar

Experience Historic Zoar Village in all its Christmas splendor! Listen to live, festive music as you learn about early American and German holiday traditions. Other activities include horse-drawn wagon rides through the town, a Saturday church service and tree lighting, and visits from Kristkind, the German Belsnickel and Santa. Self-guided tours of the village will […]

January 27, 2025

Civil War Winter Camp 2025

Experience what life was like for President Rutherford B. Hayes’ Civil War regiment while it camped for the winter with a day of Civil War events at Spiegel Grove. Watch reenactors fire their muskets during infantry demonstrations, and see military bands perform and see what the soldiers’ camp looked like during Civil War Winter Camp […]

January 24, 2025

Discovering History—Rebels in Corsets

Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement The story of the women’s suffrage movement is often told (even by US historians) as a peaceful transition by which white male politicians happily gave women the right to vote. This could not be further from the truth. The movement for women’s suffrage was […]

January 23, 2025

Pouch Workshop with ᎤᏕᏅ ᎠᏏᏇ & Sovereignty Collective

Join us Saturday April 19th at 1pm as we learn from Cherokee Tribal Citizen and TERO Artist Renata Cauthon & Christal Mac how to make a medicine bag. This workshop will be available online and in person.Registration is required (space is limited) and materials need to be purchased from the link below NO LATER THAN […]

January 23, 2025

Crossbow to Cartridge

Fort Meigs Historic Site examines the great changes in military tactics and technology across the world's armies, including the adoption of gunpowder. This event features living historians from the 15th through the 17th century, their arms, clothing, camp life and entertainment in the field. Battlefield tours and demonstrations complete the full day of programming.

January 23, 2025

Memorial Day

The grounds of Fort Meigs are a war grave and the final resting place for hundreds of veterans of the War of 1812. Please join the uniformed staff of the historic site in the parade of monuments to honor our valiant dead. Other military demonstrations are part of the day's programming.

January 23, 2025

First Siege

Fort Meigs' Centerpiece Event! Please join hundreds of living historians from all over North America as they commemorate and recreate the great battles of northern Ohio during the War of 1812. This early 19th century re-enactment features military drill and dress, as well as music, battle recreations, weapons and equipment demonstrations. Guided tours of the […]

January 21, 2025

Model Train Clinic 2026

Do you need help troubleshooting some problems with your model train? Or maybe you’re wondering how best to care for it? Model train enthusiasts can help at this clinic. Veteran model train hobbyists will examine model trains that guests bring in and help them with advice and issues. Those who bring trains to the clinic […]

January 21, 2025

Hayes Home Holidays

Hear costumed characters tell beloved Christmas stories of Charles Dickens, one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era, in the comfort of President Rutherford B. Hayes’ Victorian mansion. Dickens was one of Hayes’ favorite authors, and he lived during the same time period as Hayes. Throughout these evening tours of the home, which […]

January 21, 2025

Lights of Spiegel Grove

Get in the holiday spirit by seeing Santa light the 50-foot outdoor Christmas tree at Spiegel Grove, an arboretum and the estate of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes, during Lights of Spiegel Grove! Enjoy refreshments, carolers, visits with Kris Kringle (the Victorian name for Santa) and more. Jarrett Tree Service of Clyde has […]