History Comes Alive at The Grand Encampment! Experience Yesterday Today! Shake hands with the past, meet a-listers from many time periods at our educational spectacular! Our events celebrate the American military & other forces ancient & modern. Experience civilian life spanning 20 centuries. Famous historical figures portrayed by living historians, from the ancient world through the modern, join more than 500 reenactors portraying military units from the ancient world through Vietnam gathering for entertaining and educational weekend events and themed events. “The Grand Encampment events are EDU-cational extravaganzas! We want everyone who attends to literally shake hands with history, from school-age kids to their grandparents because each and every person has a unique history and that collective history is what makes this country so remarkable! Visitors will meet the heroes of America’s past, as well as experience sacrifices made to get us here. We hope everyone with even the slightest curiosity about our historical roots comes out to see these amazing living historians. They invest countless hours and painstaking research into their impressions, costume, and kit, and you will come away dazzled, entertained, and with a lot more knowledge than you came in with!