Iowa Reenactments
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May 2 - 4 2025Cherokee Ridge Runners Spring Rendezvous - Cherokee
Re-enactment of fur trade era. Traders, demonstrations, cooking, fire-starting with flint and steel, tomahawk-throwing contest, black powder shooting. ... more » -
May 16 - 18 2025Civil War Re-enactment Living History - Elk Horn
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Jun 7 2025Election Day - Urbandale
Enjoy politicking in 19th-century style, as Walnut Hill gets ready to elect a new mayor. Hear townspeople argue the issues, campaign with the local � ... more » -
Jun 7 - 8 2025Wild West Weekend - Cedar Rapids
Join Willi's Territorial Rough Riders for a fun-filled weekend of robberies and shoot-outs as Ushers Ferry is invaded by some of the wildest, woollies ... more » -
Jul 5 - 6 2025Lewis & Clark White Catfish Camp Living History Weekend - Council Bluffs
Lewis & Clark programs, re-enactments, American Indian dance, children's activities, and authentic American Indian food. At the Western Historic Trail ... more » -
Jul 12 2025A Pioneer Wedding Celebration - Urbandale
Meet LHF's own June bride as you join the 1850 farm staff for a recreated pioneer wedding celebration, including a wedding ceremony and cake for the g ... more » -
Jul 25 - 27 2025Civil War Battle and Encampment - Mason City
Live entertainment, battle re-enactments, cannon and mounted cavalry demonstrations, soldier encampments. -
Jul 31 - 3 2025Dog Hollow Rendezvous - Oskaloosa
Rendezvous means gathering, and men and women who live and demonstrate the skills of the 1840 Iowa Frontier will be gathered together around the pione ... more » -
Aug 15 - 17 2025Lamoni's Annual Civil War Days Reenactment & Living History - Lamoni
Large, annual reenactment presents both military & civilian life in a picturesque, lake-side, rural setting 3 miles off Iowa I-35 exit #4. Hundreds of ... more » -
Aug 16 2025Taste of History - Lynnville
Historical demonstrations, buckskinners camp, tractor show, ice cream social, old-time craft demonstrations. Visit the Wagaman Mill Museum. -
Sep 20 2025Annual Pioneer Patriots Day - Keokuk
Lee County, Iowa, has the most known burials (8) of the 41 documented veterans of the American Revolution known to be buried in the State of Iowa. Hos ... more » -
Sep 19 - 21 2025Davis County Third Annual Civil War Re-enactment - Bloomfield
Learn about the October 12, 1864 guerrilla raid into Davis County, believed to be the northernmost point of a Confederate incursion during the war. Ba ... more » -
Oct 4 2025A Victorian Funeral - Urbandale
In 1875, the funeral was a pageant of honored traditions. Families gathered to find joy in a public celebration of a life well lived. At 1:00, join wi ... more »