The Minnesota Historical Society has launched a unique, comprehensive website enriched with video, audio and interactive tools to illuminate a profoundly important time in Minnesota and U.S. history, the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. The site, www.usdakotawar.org, is designed for teachers, students, researchers and everybody else interested in the broader national causes of the war, the
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Join us for an Independence Day celebration with a flavor of the 19th century! The Grand Ceremony with the reading of the Decleration of Independence begins at 1:00 p.m. Enjoy a food concession provided by the Friends of Forestville which includes Keg Root Beer! Take in the 1860s-style baseball game between the Rochester Roosters vs.
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The 19th Century Homestead Day Camp will focus on History and 19th Century daily Life. It is a journey of exploration and discovery back to the Forestville of 1899. Our day camps offer a range of creative, hands-on activity-based programs inspired by the Meighen home, general store and farming operation, its collections and research. The
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