RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - The annual Fort de Chartres Rendezvous is set for June 1-2.
According to organizers, the rendezvous hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Highlights include a flintlock muzzleloader shooting competition; period food, drink and entertainment; craft demonstrations; 18th century kids games; militia and military events; and more.
The rendezvous is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome.
They say special event parking is available for $5 per car.
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It’s hosted by Les Coureurs des Bois de Chartres and sponsored by Les Amis du Fort de Chartres and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which manages the historic site.
The Fort de Chartres State Historic Site is located at 1350 Illinois 155, about 4 miles west of Prairie du Rocher.
According to a release from the state of Illinois, the location of the last of three successive forts named “de Chartres” by the French during the 18th century colonial occupation of what is now Illinois. The third fort was built in the 1750s and served as the French seat of government and its chief military installation.
Today, it features a reconstruction of parts of the third fort and was declared a National Historic Landmark in the 1960s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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