10 Things: Fall Heritage Days & Rendezvous

Posted on September 28, 2015

The Fall Heritage Days & Rendezvous takes place on Saturday, October 31, and November 1, 2015, at the Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum. Experience these ten things and more during your visit:

1. Talk to a reenactor about what life was like for a Civil War solider.
2. Hand dip your very own candle to take home.
3. Listen to a bluegrass music performance in the village.
4. Learn how food was prepared over the open fire in the early 1800s.
5. See an exhibit of Civil War artifacts from Spencer County soldiers.
6. Watch a blacksmith hand forging items from iron.
7. Get your picture taken with a President Lincoln renactor.
8. See a cabinet made by Abraham Lincoln and his father, Thomas Lincoln.
9. Try your hand at throwing a tomahawk.
10. Tour a replica cabin of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home.

For more information on this event and all of the other things that you can see and do at the Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum call (812) 649-9147. A guest post by Lincoln Pioneer Village & Museum Director Charlie Finecy.