Dubois County Historical Society Hosts Revolutionary Rendezvous April 10-12, 2026

“Dubois 2026: A Revolutionary Rendezvous” will bring Revolutionary War reenactors, period encampments and battle reenactments to Ferdinand State Forest, 6583 IN-264 in Ferdinand, Indiana, April 10–12, 2026, with free admission each day. The Dubois County Historical Society is hosting the event, billed as celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary, and organizers list interactive experiences, educational demonstrations and historic trades among the weekend highlights.

School groups will make up a large chunk of Friday attendance: organizers expect approximately 600 students on Friday field trips. Public hours are Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and Sunday, April 12, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and the event is described as open to the public each day.

The event’s published program elements include invited merchants and artisan vendors and a period encampment structure intended for hands-on history. Sources list a “complimentary meal for all volunteers.” Sponsors named in event materials include the Dubois County Historical Society, Dubois County Community Foundation, Visit Dubois County, Jasper Engines & Transmissions, Uebelhor & Sons, and Farbest Foods.

Vendor and reservation contacts published with event notices are Thomas Fierst and Terry Flick. Fierst is listed with phone number 812-630-8882 and appears in different sources with two email variants, tomfierst@gmail.com and tfierst@twc.com, while Visit Dubois County uses an obfuscated email display. Terry Flick is listed as terry.flick01@gmail.com with phone 812-661-7056. Sources do not identify which Fierst email is primary.

The Dubois County Historical Society will provide an organizational update on the Revolutionary Rendezvous at its spring meeting Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time at the Dubois County Museum, 2704 N. Newton St., Jasper, Indiana. The March 17 program features Joshua Claybourn presenting “Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration of Independence, and the American Idea.” Claybourn, described in society materials as recently elected president of the Abraham Lincoln Association in Springfield, Illinois, will draw on his forthcoming book Lincoln’s Compass and outline how Lincoln treated equality as a guiding principle for self-government and why that reading still speaks to the demands and limits of constitutional democracy.

The March 17 meeting will include a catered dinner at a $25 cost, with reservations noted as due by March 4 and reservation instructions in local postings listing Tom Fierst, 812-630-8882, and the tfierst@twc.com email variant. Event notices and listings do not provide a total weekend attendance estimate, a detailed timetable of individual battle scenarios, parking or accessibility arrangements, or a designated media contact; those items remain unconfirmed in the published materials. Organizers say they will update attendees at the March 17 meeting and interested parties may use the listed vendor contacts for additional information.