This year’s annual event again promises for for all ages with actvities slated throughout town.
The annual Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous hits a milestone this coming Memorial Day weekend as the event turns 40.
The weekend Saturday and Sunday will again make history come alive with battle re-enactments, demonstrations and participants portraying life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Throughout the two-day event, visitors can also experience a realistic 18th century military encampment that serves as home to re-enactor members of
the Northwest Territory Alliance.
The French Commons Stage will feature entertainment for all ages as well as wagon rides, children’s games, storytellers, and jugglers.
Single-day admission costs $10 at the gate for adults, $2 for children.
Admission buttons good for both days cost $12 and can be purchased in
advance for $9 at the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park and all Vincennes area financial institutions. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 9:00
p.m. and Sunday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Additional Rendezvous activities include candlelight tours of the nearby Indiana State Territorial Sites, Old French House, and Grouseland – the home of 9th U.S. President William Henry Harrison. The State Constitution and John Small Rifle will be on display at the adjacent DAR chapter house.
Free transportation is provided for those wearing a Rendezvous admission
button. The Old Cathedral Court Yard will be the site of a Strawberry
Festival on Saturday, along with breakfast starting at 7 a.m. And the
world premiere of “Alice of Old Vincennes: The Musical” will take place at
Vincennes University’s Red Skelton Performing Arts Center.