Special Events
Develop, plan and execute as many as 30 events yearly, including during pandemic restrictions, and both the largest WWI and WWII reenactments in the Midwest. See a few example below!
Sock Monkey Festival
Make Homemade sock monkeys by hand
Prepare as many as 150 kitsÂ
games and crafts for kids
clothes kits
The Great War
Biggest in the US
350 Reenactors
Multiple battles with pyrotechnics
Volunteers and Staff
School Field Trip Day
Adapted successfully during 2021 pandemic
WWII Days
Biggest in the Midwest
1,200 WWII Reenactors
100 volunteers
7,000 visitors
800 students
3 days
20+ acres
Multiple battles with pyrotechnics
All Hallows
Work with 30 local businesses to adopt village building to decorate and hand out candy to create a safe trick-or-treat location for as many as 5,000 local families.
Evening of Illumination
Research and write activity stations about odd Victorian and Edwardian traditions and activities. Topics have included funerals, embalming, Ouija boards, Spiritualism, poisons, H.H. Holmes, gothic romance novels, and more.