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Reenactor Schedule
Thursday, April 24
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5:00p - Registration Open*
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7:00p - Registration Close*
Friday, April 25: School Day
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7:00a - Village Opens for WWII School Day Participants
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8:30a - Great War School Day Participant Call Time
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9:00a - ALL POVs Out of Village
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9:30a - Great War School Day Open
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10:30a - Weapons Demonstration @ Battlefield
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11:15a to Noon- LUNCH BREAK
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1:00p - Weapons Demonstration @ Battlefield
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2:00p - Great War School Day Close
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3:00p - Registration Open*
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4:00p - Private Viewing of new exhibit, You're in the Army Now: Camp Grant, Rockford's Legacy
Blanket Sale Open (at sites)
Registered Reenactors and Sales Vendors ONLY
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7:00p - Blanket Sale, Exhibit, & Registration Close*
Saturday, April 26: Public Event 10am-4pm
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7:00a - Registration Open*
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9:00a - Safety & Authenticity: REGISTRATION CLOSE*
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9:30a - ALL POVs Out of Village
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10:00a - Event Open
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11:00a - Field Battle
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11:30a - Trench Tours START
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11:45a - The 1918 Influenza Pandemic (lecture, Church)
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12:00p - 2nd City Celebrates the Music of WWI (Gazebo)
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1:00p - Woods Battle
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1:30p - Woods Battle
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2:00p - Suffragettes & WWI (lecture, Church)
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2:30p - Trench Tours END
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3:00p - Suffragette Rally & March (Church to Gazebo)
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3:30p - Field Battle
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4:00p - Event Close in Village, Silent Film House Open
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4:30p - Buster Keaton Silent Film Double Feature, accompanied by Professor Sprocket's Traveling Nickelodeon Band (Museum Center)
Sunday, April 27: Public Event 10am-3pm
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9:30a - ALL POVs Out of Village
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10:00a - Event Open
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10:30a - Suffragettes & WWI (lecture, Church)
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11:30a - Suffragette Rally & March (Church to Gazebo)
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12:00p - Field Battle
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12:30p - Trench Tours START
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12:45p - The 1918 Influenza Pandemic (lecture, Church)
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1:00p - 2nd City Celebrates the Music of WWI (Gazebo)
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2:00p - Trench Tours END
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2:00p - Woods Battle
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2:30p - Woods Battle
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3:00p - Event Close
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6:00p - Village Gates Lock for Weekend
*Registration outside of listed hours will be subject to availability.
updated 3/25/2025
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