2024 DATE -- Saturday & Sunday - APRIL 27-28, 2024 WE ARE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC

GRANT'S HOME FRONT EVENT

THE GALENA EVENT IS 

SCHEDULED FOR 2024

APRIL 27-28, 2024

Reenactor set up Friday, April 26, 2024

GRANT’S HOME FRONT: Join us in historic Galena, Illinois for the Seventh year of U.S. Grant’s Home Front in Galena IN 2024.  Experience a great event run by reenactors in this 1860’s town. 

Over 3,000 public visited this event last year! 

Battles each day: Saturday at 11:30 am, Sunday at 1:30 pm

Amenities include a home-cooked breakfast on Saturday. Discounts are available for period-dressed reenactors at the restaurants in Galena. 

Seeking both Confederate and Union Infantry for battles fought along the riverfront. 

Artillery and Medical are CLOSED. 

Dismounted Cavalry (no horses please). 

Special Civilian Camping for the Event. 

CLICK HERE:

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TO REGISTRATION

STARTING NOVEMBER 1, 2023

SCENES FROM PREVIOUS YEAR'S GRANT'S HOME FRONT

CHECK OUT OUR EVENT PICTURES:

SCENES FROM -- GRANT'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN LIVING HISTORY

General & Mrs. Grant's escort at his new home in Galena, Illinois

GRANT'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN

AUGUST 22 - 23, 2015

Civilians from Galena join the Grant's at the house

Thank you SCHOEP'S Ice Cream 

for your donation to the event!

SCENES FROM GRANT'S HOME FRONT REENACTMENT APRIL, 2015

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS AND OUR REENACTORS THAT WERE PART OF 

GRANT'S HOME FRONT!

National Rifle Association

Palace Campground

Blaum Bros Distillery

Chef Ivo’s

Galena Brewing Company

Hawk Valley Retreat Bed & Cottages

Galena Fortnightly

Fried Green Tomatoes

Annie Wiggins Guest House

Bed and Breakfast Innkeepers of Galena (BestofGalena.com)

Galena Gazette

Visit Galena

Galena/Jo Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau

City of Galena

Boy Scouts of America-Blackhawk Area Council

Bellaire Guest House

 

TRI-STATE PRESENTS TO SCALES MOUNDS SCHOOLS

 On November 6, 2014 Tri-State presented to Scales Mounds students in Grades 4-12. Dance and medicine were topics presented to the students.

Students are learning what soldiers died 

from during the Civil War.

You too can learn to dance at Scales Mounds School!