Upcoming Events
2025
December 13 - Holiday Cooking and Candy Sale - fundraiser of holiday treats beginning 9:00 a.m.
December 13 - January 1, 2026 - Light Up the Fort - fundraiser with sponsored light display on the Fort Crawford Museum
2026
January 8 - Annual Meeting - The Barn Restaurant, 32800 County Road K, Prairie du Chien, Cocktails 5:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Winter Speaker Series
May 16 - Opening Day - Armed Forced Day - Free admission for veterans; raising of the colors & firing of the cannon
June 13-14 - Cannons at the Fort - Open House Military muster - cannon firing, history talks, children's activities
July 12 - Pie Sale
July 12 - Honor the Past - People who helped create the Prairie du Chien Historical Society
July 17 - Fridays at the Fort - Educational activity for children
August 9 - Preserving the Past by looking to the Future - Antiques Roadshow event
August 14 - Fridays at the Fort - Educational activity for children
September 13 - Hop-on/Hop-off and walking tours of historic sites in Prairie du Chien
October 3 - Visiting our Ancestors - Cemetery Tour
October 30 - Closing Day - lowering of the colors & firing of the cannon
December 12 - Cookie/Candy Sale - Annual holiday cookie and candy sale
December 12 - January 1, 2027 - Light Up the Fort - fundraiser with sponsored light display on the Fort Crawford Museum
December 13 - Holiday Cooking and Candy Sale - fundraiser of holiday treats beginning 9:00 a.m.
December 13 - January 1, 2026 - Light Up the Fort - fundraiser with sponsored light display on the Fort Crawford Museum
2026
January 8 - Annual Meeting - The Barn Restaurant, 32800 County Road K, Prairie du Chien, Cocktails 5:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:00 p.m.
Winter Speaker Series
- February 12 - Raising the White Flag: Henry Dodge and the War Against Black Hawk - Tracy Lee Roberts, Senior Lecturer Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Department of History
- March 12 - TBD
- April 9 - TBD
May 16 - Opening Day - Armed Forced Day - Free admission for veterans; raising of the colors & firing of the cannon
June 13-14 - Cannons at the Fort - Open House Military muster - cannon firing, history talks, children's activities
July 12 - Pie Sale
July 12 - Honor the Past - People who helped create the Prairie du Chien Historical Society
July 17 - Fridays at the Fort - Educational activity for children
August 9 - Preserving the Past by looking to the Future - Antiques Roadshow event
August 14 - Fridays at the Fort - Educational activity for children
September 13 - Hop-on/Hop-off and walking tours of historic sites in Prairie du Chien
October 3 - Visiting our Ancestors - Cemetery Tour
October 30 - Closing Day - lowering of the colors & firing of the cannon
December 12 - Cookie/Candy Sale - Annual holiday cookie and candy sale
December 12 - January 1, 2027 - Light Up the Fort - fundraiser with sponsored light display on the Fort Crawford Museum
Please call 608-326-6960 to confirm events.
Find out what upcoming programs we have in store at the Prairie du Chien Historical Society. For more information on any event, please contact us.