The Elmbrook Historical Society is a non-profit educational organization whose purpose is to research the history of Brookfield and Elm Grove and to collect, preserve, and exhibit objects from our past.
May 4th
Fun & Fund Raiser!
Grand Opening of
PNC Bank
10 am to 2 pm
Capitol Drive & Calhoun Road
near Pick & Save
The historical society has been selected as the local non-profit to receive up to $1500 to celebrate the grand opening of its new branch. We receive $5 for each person who fills out a card to win prizes including:
Brewer ticket package worth $1500
Kindle Fire tablet
Weekend package to Lake Geneva
$500 Gift Certificate from Powers Jewelry
Live music, food, face painting, a bouncy castle for kids and support for our programs! What can be an easier way to support the Elmbrook Historical Society? Please stop by this PNC Bank and fill out a card to win.
Make a day of it by attending the Civil War Encampment at the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum, 1075 Pilgrim Parkway, Brookfield, WI!
Join us for the
19th Annual Civil War Encampment
Saturday, May 4, 2013 - Sunday, May 5, 2013
10:00 am to 4:00 pm Daily
Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum
1075 Pilgrim Parkway
Brookfield, Wisconsin
This year featuring the 17th Corps Field Hospital
The 17th Corps marched with General Sherman across Georgia and the Carolinas.Learn how medicine was transformed by the Civil War and see how surgeons treated wounded and sick soldiers. Participate in troop induction, sick call and other activities!
During this two day event, Confederate and Union soldier re-enactors camp overnight on the grounds. Walk through the campsites, hear cannon roar, tour the Inn. Meet Abraham Lincoln, see a fashion show of 1860s clothing, and hear the Regimental Volunteer Band of Wisconsin. Watch Cushing’s Battery demonstrate the artillery and fire the cannon. Bid on silent auction baskets.
Visitors will be able to:
View medical demonstrations of the care and treatment received by Civil War soldiers
Walk through the soldiers' campsites and see soldiers readying for battle
See an artillery demonstration and hear the cannon roar
Listen to an address by Abraham Lincoln on Saturday
Learn about the Civil War and the role Wisconsin played in the war
Visitors also will learn what it was like to live during the Civil War.
Visitors can:
Tour the historic Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum restored with authentic artifacts
Stop in at the blacksmith shop, the smoke house, the ice house and the Donaldson House
Observe or talk to a blacksmith, a fortune teller, and an embalmer, etc.
Visit the Mourning Room inside the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum
Learn how clothing and other items were made in the 1860s -spinning, quilting , bobbin lace making etc.
Attend a 1860’s Fashion Show on Saturday
Purchase handmade goods from merchants: candles, quilts, clothing, honey, baskets, tinware, lace, carpets, buttons, hard tack, toys, soaps etc.
Participate in children's games as children would have in the 1860's
Hear the Regimental Volunteer Band of Wisconsin perform on Sunday
Bid on wonderful silent auction baskets in the Inn, auction ending at 3:30 pm Sunday. Need not be present to win. Thank you to our donors!!
Buy gift items at the Donaldson House Visitor's Center & Gift Shop
Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 4, 2013
10:00 am
Flag Raising, Silent Auction begins
10:30 am
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
11:00 am
Cushing’s Battery Artillery Demo, Cannon Firing
11:30 am
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
12:15 pm
President Lincoln Address
1:00 pm
1865 Fashion Show
1:30 pm
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
2:30 pm
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
3:00 pm
Cushing’s Battery Artillery Demo, Cannon Firing
3:45 pm
Flag Lowering
Sunday, May 5, 2013
10:00 am
Flag Raising
10:30 am
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
11:00 am
Cushing’s Battery Artillery Demo, Cannon Firing
11:30 am
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
12:00 pm
Regimental Volunteer Band of Wisconsin Concert
1:30 pm
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
2:30 pm
17th Corps Field Hospital Demo
3:00 pm
Cushing’s Battery Artillery Demo, Cannon Firing
3:30 pm
Silent Auction Closes
3:45 pm
Flag Lowering
Event Schedule subject to change without notice
Food and Beverages Are Available Both Days
ADMISSION
Adults: $5.00
Children 6 to 12: $2.00
Children under 5 are free!
(Cash or check only)
Free parking and a shuttle is provided round trip from the these parking lots to the Dousman Stagecoach Inn Museum. No parking on the grounds
Pilgrim Park Middle School 1500 Pilgrim Parkway, Elm Grove, WI
and at
North Shore Bank, North Parking Lot
15700 W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield, WI
Thank you to our major event sponsor:
Becker-Ritter Funeral Homes
SPECIAL FUND RAISER! Stop at PNC Bank on Calhoun & Capitol on Saturday May 4th between 10am-2pm for their grand opening. Enter to win door prizes and PNC will donate $5 to the Society.
2010 Civil War Encampment
Crowds gather to see the canon fire.
Confederate troops come out from hiding in the underbrush.
Union troops fire canon.
President Lincoln examines wares sold by a
sutler
during the Civil War Encampment.
