Top Historic Battle Reenactments This Year
Are you planning to attend a battle reenactment this year?
We've listed the top battle reenactments happening this year, including Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII reenactments and more.
If you have attended a reenactment that you'd like us to include on this list, please let us know.
"Declaration of Independence"
Own a piece of history. Each version is printed by hand on a historic press just as it was done in 1776. The three versions pictured below from left to right are: "Declaration of Independence" from the Printing Office of Edes & Gill in Boston, "Declaration of Independence" printed by John Dunlap (Philadelphia), and "Declaration of Independence" printed by Mary Katherine Goddard (Baltimore).
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Reenactment – The Battle of Princeton
January 7 - 7, 2024
Experience the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton by viewing British and American reenactors.
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Reenactment – Fate of All Foragers
February 3 - 4, 2024
This two-day event commemorates the 159th anniversary of the skirmishes at West Crossroads & Tillers Ferry near Bethune, SC.
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Reenactment – Battle of Olustee
February 16 - 18, 2024
The Battle of Olustee reenactment features authentic Confederate and Union camps.
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Reenactment – Battle of Aiken
February 23 - 25, 2024
This event features hundreds of soldiers and living historians recreating one of the last Confederate victories of the war.
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Reenactment – Battle for Broxton Bridge
March 1 - 3, 2024
At this event, you can relive the last big defensive effort for the Confederates before the battle of Columbia.
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Reenactment – Revolution in Huntington Beach
March 2 - 3, 2024
At this event you can experience the founding of our nation with some of the country's finest living history presenters.
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Reenactment – Battle of Round Mountain
March 8 - 10, 2024
This biannual event recreates a winter encampment of the Civil War era, with living history Union and Confederate soldiers setting up opposing camps.
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Reenactment – Battle of Cabin Creek
March 11 - 12, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This Civil War reenactment features living history reenactors, military and civilian camps, and gun and cannon demonstrations.
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Reenactment – Military Through the Ages
March 16 - 17, 2024
Experience centuries of military history during Jamestown Settlement's time-honored “Military Through the Ages” event, an annual event since 1984.
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Reenactment – Battle of Bentonville
March 19 - 19, 2022
2027 date not yet available. This living history event only happens every five years, featuring many free programs and two battle reenactments.
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Reenactment – Battle at Narcoossee Mill
March 22 - 24, 2024
This event features living history and Civil War reenactments.
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Reenactment – Goliad Massacre
March 22 - 24, 2024
Living historians will congregate around the hallowed grounds of the Presidio for this annual event based on the massacre of Texas soldiers on Palm Sunday 1836.
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Reenactment – Port Hudson Siege
March 25 - 26, 2023
2024 date not yet available. The annual reenactment marks the anniversary of "The Siege of Port Hudson."
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Reenactment – Skirmish at Fort Harker
April 6 - 7, 2024
This Civil War reenactment, which promises to transport visitors to the era of the American Civil War, is hosted by the 18th Alabama and 63rd Ohio.
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Reenactment – Battles of Lexington and Concord
April 13 - 15, 2024
On Patriots' Day weekend, numerous reenactments take place in Lexington and Concord commemorating the opening battle of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775.
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Reenactment – San Jacinto
April 22 - 22, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This event features hundreds of reenactors who re-create the events leading up to Texas winning its independence from Mexico at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
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Reenactment – Battle of Ridgefield
April 29 - May 1, 2022
2027 date not yet available. Every five years, Revolutionary War reenactors re-stage the historic Battle of Ridgefield on the town streets.
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Reenactment – Revolutionary War Weekend
May 4 - 5, 2024
This is one of the largest Revolutionary War reenactments and features hundreds of Continentals, Redcoats, Hessians, cannon, and cavalry in action.
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Reenactment – Battle of Big Cypress Bayou
May 5 - 7, 2023
2024 date not yet available. Historical reenactors will battle for control of the "Baghdad of the Bayou" – Jefferson, Texas.
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Reenactment – Civil War Days Elk Grove
May 5 - 7, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This reenactment features typical Civil War battles with musket and canon firing, horses, and encampments.
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Reenactment – Billie Creek Civil War Days
May 6 - 7, 2023
2024 date not yet available. Featuring a daily battle reenactment and small skirmishes throughout the day, this event also includes sutlers and demonstrations.
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Reenactment – Skirmish in the Valley
May 6 - 7, 2023
2024 date not yet available. Skirmish in the Valley is a nationally recognized Civil War reenactment. Come take a step back in time and experience what it was like to live during the Civil War.
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Reenactment – Battle of Alamance
May 14 - 15, 2022
2024 date not yet available. “Fight for the Backcountry” features a re-creation of the Battle of Alamance.
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Reenactment – Battle of Resaca
May 17 - 19, 2024
This event includes reenactments of the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign and other living history activities.
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Reenactment – Battle of Bost Grist Mill
May 20 - 21, 2023
2024 date not yet available. The event features hundreds of military and civilian re-enactors, artillery demonstrations, and Civil War history experts.
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Reenactment – First Siege 1813
May 25 - 26, 2024
Reenactors from across the U.S. and Canada commemorate the First Siege of Fort Meigs by re-creating authentic military camps and tactical demonstrations.
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Reenactment – Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous
May 27 - 28, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This is one of the premier Revolutionary War reenactments in the Midwest and features multiple authentic battle reenactments.
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Reenactment – Fort Pocahontas
June 1 - 2, 2024
The historic events of May 24, 1864 are remembered at a reenactment of the Action at Wilson’s Wharf.
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Reenactment – Battle of Monmouth
June 17 - 18, 2023
2024 date not yet available. Hundreds of troops encamp at Monmouth Battlefield State Park and re-create scenarios of the battle over the weekend.
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Reenactment – Siege of Niagara 1759
July 5 - 7, 2024
This reenactment features hundreds of reenactors re-creating the historic siege of 1759 during the French and Indian War.
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Reenactment – Battle of Bushy Run
August 3 - 4, 2024
Historical reenactors bring the Battle of Bushy Run, a two-day battle in August 1763 during Pontiac’s War, to life at this event.
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Reenactment – Redcoats and Rebels
August 3 - 4, 2024
The largest military re-enactment in New England with hundreds of costumed Revolutionary War reenactors, both soldiers and civilians, encamped on the Village Common.
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Reenactment – Revolutionary War Days
August 10 - 11, 2024
See the Revolutionary War in action! American patriots defend the Lead Mine Fort as British loyalists and Native Americans wait for an opportunity to attack.
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Reenactment – Defending the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
August 11 - 13, 2023
2024 date not yet available. The American Civil War comes to Pike County when the Pike County Historical Society and the 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry present "Defending the C&O Canal."
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Reenactment – D-Day Conneaut
August 15 - 17, 2024
This reenactment features more than 1,200 re-enactors on a 2250-yardlong beach and sloping adjacent terrain which closely resembles Omaha Beach.
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Reenactment - 60 Years War for Ohio: American Revolution
August 24 - 25, 2024
Explore an important chapter in the long fight for the Ohio Country.
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Reenactment – Jackson Civil War Muster
August 24 - 25, 2024
The Jackson Civil War Muster is the largest, longest-running Civil War event in the Midwest, welcoming people of all ages.
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Reenactment - Civil War Days
August 31 - September 1, 2024
Civil War Days allow people to experience vivid re-creations of life in our past in ways that would not otherwise be possible and learn about some of the most important moments in our collective history.
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Reenactment – Battle of Tunnel Hill
September 8 - 10, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This event features encampments, sutler tents, and battle reenactments.
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Reenactment - Hart County Civil War Days – Battles for the Bridge
September 13 - 15, 2024
This weekend-long event features reenactments of the Civil War Battle of Munfordville, living historians, and a Blue Gray Ball.
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Reenactment – Civil War in Zoar
September 16 - 17, 2023
Civil War in Zoar will return in 2025. The largest Civil War Event in the State of Ohio comes to the Historic Village of Zoar when Civil War reenactors “invade” the town.
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Reenactment – Battle of Chickamauga
September 22 - 24, 2023
2024 date not yet available. This event pays tribute to the soldiers who fought in The Battle of Chickamauga, one of the most significant and bloody engagements of the American Civil War.
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Reenactment – Battle of Blountville
September 23 - 26, 2022
2024 date not yet available. This weekend-long history event includes authentic Civil War camps, infantry, cavalry, artillery, period displays, and exciting battles.
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Reenactment – Annual Kings Mountain March
September 25 - October 7, 2023
The large commemorative reenactment march marks the historic march by Overmountain Patriot Militia forces to the American Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain, which took place on October 7, 1780.
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Reenactment – Barboursville Civil War Days
September 29 - October 1, 2023
This event commemorates two small battles that occurred in the Village of Barboursville, West Virginia.
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Reenactment – World War II Days
September 30 - October 1, 2023
This is one of the largest WWII re-enactment events in the US and features battles with tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and pyrotechnic displays.
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Reenactment – Battle for the Airfield WWII Re-Enactment Weekend
October 7 - 8, 2023
Over 350+ re-enactors representing several branches of Allied and Axis military participating in encampments and two battles each day.
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Reenactment – Battle of Perryville
October 7 - 8, 2023
This event features tours, historians showing rifle and cannon demonstrations and civilian life, and lectures throughout the weekend.
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Reenactment – Revolutionary Germantown Festival
October 7 - 7, 2023
Cliveden and the sites of Historic Germantown collaborate to highlight the diverse stories of the people who lived through the American Revolution and the Battle of Germantown, on October 4, 1777.
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Reenactment – Battle of Mississinewa
October 11 - 13, 2024
Mississinewa 1812, the largest War of 1812 living history event in the United States, is a historical commemoration of the Battle of Mississinewa fought in Grant County on December 17-18, 1812.
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Reenactment – National Revolutionary War Reenactment & Colonial Festival
October 14 - 15, 2023
This event features a reenactment of the 1777 Philadelphia Campaign in the Chesapeake, encampments, a Colonial Market Faire, and living history demonstrations.
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Reenactment – Battle of Cedar Creek
October 21 - 22, 2023
This event features living history camps, live period music, and educational demonstrations on the fields where the battle was fought on October 19, 1864.
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Reenactment – Guyandotte Civil War Days
November 4 - 5, 2023
Hundreds of reenactors will participate in America's greatest street battle.
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Reenactment – Battle of Camden
November 11 - 12, 2023
This event includes hundreds of living historians portraying Crown and Patriot Revolutionary War soldiers and distaff, 18th century craftsmen, demonstrations, and merchants with reproduction wares.
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Reenactment - Battles of Trenton
December 30 - 30, 2023
Two battles that took place in Trenton – one on December 26, 1776 and one on January 2, 1777 – are re-enacted on the original battlefields.