150th Anniversary of the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862
Brown County, Minnesota

 

TENTATIVE 150TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
August 20th - August 26th, 2012

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Monday

August 20

Tuesday

August 21

Wednesday

August 22

Thursday

August 23

Friday

August 24

Saturday

August 25

Sunday

August 26

8:30-11:30 –Leavenworth Rescue Tour


12:00-1:00 –Speaker Scott Berg "38 Nooses" - Turner Hall

1:00-3:00
-Historic Milford Area Tour

 
1:00 Downtown Battlefield Tour

 2:00 – Video “Dakota War” at the BCHS Annex

5:00-7:00 – Premier 3rd Floor Viewing @ BCHS by ticket only.

9:30-11:30 –  Historic Milford Area Tour

 1:00-4:00 - Leavenworth Rescue Tour

1:00 Downtown Battlefield Tour

 2:00 – Video “Dakota Exile” at the BCHS Annex

 6:00 – Video“Dakota Exile” at the BCHS Annex

7:00 – Speaker Gerhard Sollbach - "Why Did They Come?" German Emigration to America in the 19th Century.  - New Ulm Public Library

8:30-11:30 –  Leavenworth Rescue Tour

 9:00-12:00 Battlefield Archaeologists@ Turner Hall

 1:00-3:00 -Historic Milford Area Tour

 1:00 Downtown Battlefield Tour

 2:00 – Video “Return to Shetek - The Courage of the Fool Soldiers” @ BCHS Annex

1:00-3:00 – Battlefield Archaeologists@ Turner Hall

 6:00– Video “Return to Shetek - The Courage of the Fool Soldiers @ BCHS Annex

7:00-8:00 – Speaker John LaBatte on the "Causes of the Dakota War" at Turner Hall

9:30-11:30 –  Historic Milford Area Tour

 10:00-12:00 Round Table w/Point & Counter Point – Turner Hall 

1:00-4:00 - Leavenworth Rescue Tour

1:00-2:00 Downtown Battlefield Tour

4:00 Hermann Monument Society - Defender Family Reunion

7:00-8:00
– Don Heinrich Tolzmann "War on the Home Front - The Dakota War of 1862", New Ulm Public Library


7:00-9:30 Play-Dogs in the Hot Moon

8:30-11:30 –  Leavenworth Rescue Tour

9:00-3:00 Symposium – Jr. Pioneers, NU Library & BCHS @ Turner Hall 

1:00-3:00 - Historic Milford Area Tour

 1:00 - Downtown Battlefield Tour

2:00-4:00 – Play - Dogs in the Hot Moon 4:00-5:00 – Jr. Pioneers Milford Marker Dedication

 5:00 – BCHS 3rd Floor Exhibit Opening

 7:00-9:30 Play -Dogs in the Hot Moon

9:30 Mail will be delivered from Ft. Ridgely on foot.

 10:00-2:00 – BCHS Postage Cancellation at the BCHS

 10:00-2:00 – BCHS Book Signing at BCHS

 1:00 - Katie Gropper Walking Tour

 2:00-2:30 – Jr. Pioneers, BCHS  & German Bohemian Marker Dedication

 5:30-6:00 – Jr. Pioneers Defenders Monument Dedication

6:00 PM– Jr. Pioneers Defenders Banquet

11:00 12:00
Jr. Pioneer Cemetery Program

1:00-2:00 – BCHS Cemetery Tours

  2:30-4:30 – Thunder in the Valley Program

 (New Ulm Battery & Municipal Band)

7:00 – Air-Force Band Concert at Martin Luther College - 

 

Tickets will also be required for the Leavenworth Tour, Milford Tour, Katie Gropper Tour, Downtown Battlefield Tour, Pioneer Defenders Banquet and the Air-Force Band Concert. Please check back for prices and sale locations.





















































 

 

 

 

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