2018 Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration
Join us for the 207th Anniversary Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration on November 10, 2018 at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, Indiana with special presentations. Look at how military engagements changed 100 years after the Battle of Tippecanoe as the U.S. remembers the end of World War I. Help us launch the new audio tour of the Battlefield. Come visit the Tippecanoe Battlefield and Museum this Saturday for a commemoration on the battle. Living historians will be present for talks and demonstrations including musket firings. This event is FREE. Only charge is if you wish to go through the museum. Note: Above image and video below are from the 200th Anniversary.
Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration (200th Anniversary Celebration)
Public Welcome – Free Admission
Hours: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration Schedule includes:
10:00a.m. Battlefield Museum Opens.
11:00 am. Veteran’s Day Commemoration –
Battlefield Commemoration & Wreath laying
Battlefield Monument
Color Presentation
1:00 p.m. Warriors on The Wabash – Point- Counterpoint.
Join local historians Discuss the Battle of Tippecanoe from the view of a
Native inhabitant of Prophetstown of 1811 and one of Harrison’s militiamen.
2:30 p.m. The Trail to Prophetstown & The Battle of Tippecanoe.
Follow Harrison’s Army as it marches from Vincennes, Indiana to Prophetstown leading up to the Battle of Tippecanoe November 7th 1811.
4:00p.m. The U.S. Army and Native American Confederacies in The Struggle for the Old Northwest. Battlefield Museum Gun Room.
Throughout the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration:
Historical re-enactment unit DuBois’s Company of Spies & Guides 1811 and The 2nd Kentucky Militia will be on the museum grounds with a small encampment of how Harrison’s army may have looked November 6th 1811.
Colonial Surveyor Ron Gholson will be demonstrating early surveying methods in the Northwest Territory prior to and following the Battle of Tippecanoe as white settlement moved into the Territory.
5:00 p.m. Site Closes.
Location
Tippecanoe Battlefield
200 Battleground Ave
Battle Ground, IN 47920
For More Information
DJ Tucker: Call 765-476-8411 x4; Email programs@tippecanoehistory.org
About the Battle of Tippecanoe (from Wikipedia)
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in what is now Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as “The Prophet”) were leaders of a confederacy of Native Americans from various tribes that opposed US expansion into Native territory. As tensions and violence increased, Governor Harrison marched with an army of about 1,000 men to disperse the confederacy’s headquarters at Prophetstown, near the confluence of the Tippecanoe and Wabash rivers.[su_accordion][su_spoiler title=”Read More”] Tecumseh, not yet ready to oppose the United States by force, was away recruiting allies when Harrison’s army arrived. Tenskwatawa, a spiritual leader but not a military man, was in charge. Harrison camped near Prophetstown on November 6 and arranged to meet with Tenskwatawa the following day. Early the next morning, however, warriors from Prophetstown attacked Harrison’s army. Although the outnumbered attackers took Harrison’s army by surprise, Harrison and his men stood their ground for more than two hours. The Native Americans were ultimately repulsed when their ammunition ran low. After the battle, they abandoned Prophetstown and Harrison’s men burned it to the ground, destroying the food supplies stored for the winter. The soldiers returned to their homes.
Harrison, having accomplished his goal of destroying Prophetstown, proclaimed he had won a decisive victory. He gained the nickname “Tippecanoe”, which was popularized in the campaign song “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” during the presidential election of 1840, which Harrison won. The defeat was a setback for Tecumseh’s confederacy from which it never fully recovered.[3][4]
American public opinion blamed the violence on British interference in American affairs through financial and munitions support for the Indians. This led to a further deterioration of relations with Britain and was a catalyst of the War of 1812, which began six months later. By the time the US declared war on the United Kingdom in June 1812, Tecumseh’s confederacy was ready to launch its war against the United States in alliance with the British. In preparation, the Natives soon rebuilt Prophetstown. Frontier violence in the region would continue until well after the War of 1812, although Tecumseh was killed in 1813 during the Battle of the Thames.[/su_spoiler][/su_accordion]
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Battle of Tippecanoe Commemoration in November on Veteran’s Day weekend at the Tippecanoe Battlefield in Battle Ground, Indiana.
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