Calendar of Events
Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration and Veterans Ceremony
The Tippecanoe County Historical Association’s annual Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1 at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. This year’s event commemorates the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
9:oo am: Battlefield Museum and historic interpretation camp opens. The Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum and History Store will be open, free of charge from 9:00 am- 5:00 pm.
10:00 Keynote Address: Guest speaker Prof. Christopher J. Young, “Father Black Robe: The Loving Ministry of Benjamin Petit to the Potawatomi 1837- 1839”
11:30 American Legion posting of colors and laying of wreaths by DuBoise’s Company of Spies and Guides.
12:30 Speaker: Dr. Trey Gorden, “Reliving the Battle of Tippecanoe: A Walking Tour of the Tippecanoe Battlefield.”
4:00 Event closes.
The Lafayette / Tippecanoe County Joint Centennial Celebration
Presented by Kelly Lippie TCHA Curator of Collections
100 years ago, the city of Lafayette and the county of Tippecanoe celebrated their centennial anniversaries with a series of events that brought the community together like never before. Three parades, a theatrical production of thousands, historical exhibits, musical numbers, and publications were just some of the major ways the community recognized the city’s founding and the establishment of the county. Join TCHA’s curator to take a look back at the celebration with photographs, documents and other artifacts from the official archive of the 1925 centennial celebration.
TCHA Members Christmas Parade Warm Up
Saturday December 6, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Hosted by the TCHA Membership Committee
TCHA members can join TCHA at the History Center for hot chocolate and cookies (and bathrooms) before the downtown Christmas parade starts at 5:30 pm. Members are also invited to bring guests.
Joyeux Noel a Post du Ouiatenon
How different would your holiday season be without electricity, or central heat, or lights and decorations, or even without gifts as we expect today? Midwinter has been marked and celebrated since the beginning of human history in various ways and with numerous customs and traditions. The early French colonial settlers who came to the area of modern-day Lafayette brought with them their own midwinter traditions. Even thought these colonial people observed the same holiday of Christmas that many of us do today, the ways and traditions of their celebrations were much different than they are currently. Please Join Les Garnison de Pays d’en Haut and TCHA at Fort Ouiatenon to see and learn how the Holiday Season was celebrated 260 years ago. Living history volunteers will present demonstrations on French Colonial holiday traditions, food ways and winter skills of the 18th century.
Presented by Living History Interpreters
Sponsored by La Compagnie des Beaux Eaux