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Celebrate America 250!

Join us at Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters for Celebrate America 250!

Celebrate America's Semiquincentennial - 250 years of American History

● Join us on a 'Revolutionary Path' through the history witnessed at this site on the Fox-Wisconsin portage.
 
● Learn about the role of lakes and rivers in becoming Wisconsin – how did water navigation make the state?
 
● Hear stories of American Patriots who moved West to pursue opportunities in the northwest territory prior to Wisconsin statehood in 1848.
 
● Consider the changes experienced by fur trader Francois LeRoi and his family as they made a life at the Fox-Wisconsin portage.
 
● Explore the arrival of Fort Winnebago in 1828 – what impact did it have then and now?
 
● Learn about frontier life through the personal stories of people who lived at the portage, as told by our historical interpreters.

 

Celebrate America 250!

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Date and Time

Sunday Jun 7, 2026

Location

Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters

1824 East State Road 33

Portage, WI 53901

Website

https://www.fortwinnebagosurgeonsquarters.org/

Contact Information

608-742-2949

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