Apple River Events
Check out all the upcoming events at Apple River Fort! (The 2012 calendar will be published by the end of December, 2011.)
- » Easter Sunrise Service
- When: Sunday April 8, 2012 | 7:00am
- The Elizabeth First United Methodist Church will be having a Easter Frontier Service at the fort. Join them for breakfast afterwards at 309 S. Main.
- » Spring Cleaning at the Fort
- When: Saturday April 14, 2012 | 10am-2pm
- Volunteers and others will help prepare Apple River Fort for the season.
- » Native American Stories and Stargazing
- When: Saturday April 21, 2012 | Dusk
- Enjoy the night sky as the Planetary Studies Foundation (PSF) presents a program of stories and stargazing afterwards. Bring a telescope or view the heavens with PSF telescopes.
- » Boy Scout Camping
- When: Friday April 27, 2012
- Boy Scout troops camp at the fort (U.S. Grant Pilgrimage). April 27th - April 29th. Reservations required and are open to U.S. Grant Pilgrimage troops.
- » Education Day
- When: Friday May 4, 2012
- Co-sponsors are the JDCF’s Conservation Guardians and the Planetary Studies Foundation.
- » Fire on the Frontier
- When: Saturday May 5, 2012 | 10am-3pm
- Fire on the Frontier, living history at the fort and the Militia.

