-Friday Sept. 20: 9:00am Camp setup stops for school tours
8am MP and FG briefing at the Police Station in the village, building 24
2:15pm Camp setup continues
11:00pm Quiet Time
-Saturday Sept 21:
7a-9a Free breakfast to HRS members MUST have HRS membership card.
8am MP and FG briefing at the Police Station in the village, building 24
10am Safety and Authenticity starts, S&A will be held at West end of village where the public parks.
10:30am Field Battle CO meeting-All unit CO's and/or NCO's required to attend if your unit would like to participate in battles at main battle field, meet at main battle field
10:45am All personal vehicles must be out of Historic Living Camp areas
11am Museum opens to the public
11:30am Viginettes/skits start and will run throughout the day
11:30am 1st Woods Battle
1:30pm Field Battle starts
2:30pm 2nd Woods Battle
3:30pm Field Battle starts
4:30pm 3rd Woods Battle
5:00pm Museum closes to the public
7:00pm USO Dance at Memorial Hall, there will be buses running to and from the museum and Memorial Hall, reenacters must be in uniform.
12:00am Quiet Time, this will be strictly enforced!
-Sunday Sept 22: 8am MP and FG briefing at the Police Station in the village, building 24
10am Safety and Authenticity-Held in front of Hospital for those who did not attend Saturday
9:30am Church Services, located in the Church, Building 15 in the village
Services by Bob Starr and Del Miller
10:30am Field Battle CO meeting-All unit CO's and/or NCO's required to attend if your unit would like to participate in battles at main battle field, meet at main battle field.
10:45am All personal vehicles must be out of Historic Living Camp area
11am Museum opens to the public
11:30am Viginettes/skits start will run throughout the day
11:30am 1st Woods Battle
1:00pm 2nd Woods Battle
2:30pm Field battle starts
4pm Museum closes to the public
4pm Personal vehicles allowed on camp area IF all public are out of Living History camp area, all clear will be given by Military Police!
7pm Park closes to everyone
Security
Period Allied Military Police (MP's) and Axis Feldgendarme (FG's), and members from 2nd Panzer, will be assisting event staff in enforcing HRS by-laws, Safety & Authenticity, and event rules. The MP's and FG's will be backed up by Park District Police and Rockford Police Department, you would be advised to follow these rules given. Again, please feel free to go over the HRS by-laws and Safety & Authenticity. Along with these rules/standards are the Event "House Rules". If you do not like these rules/standards stay home.
Reenacter Parking and Parking Pass
Reenacter parking is located off Perryville road. Entrance is just past Home Depot. Entrance will be marked by yellow signs on black fence which faces Perryville road.
Upon registering, you will receive a "Parking Pass" which you will print your first name and your unit info on the face of the pass, then you will place this pass right side up on the dash of the vehicle you came in. If you brought four people with you, you will have four passes on your dash. failure to comply will only get your vehicle ticked and/or towed!
The Reenacter parking area will be marked as to where you will park. The MP's will be around to assist you in complying in case of confusion.
No parking in the Museum Village, Authentic Camp area, Museum Parking Lot, or by the venders PERIOD!
You cannot park your vehicle on the west side of the camp area and village per Rockford Park District.
Reenacters will be given 10 minutes to unload/load their car during setup hours (except during school tour and public hours). Another words, park your vehicle, then walk to registration, then unload your vehicle, do not, drive around camp area looking for your unit, registration will have that information and someone will show you where.
Once you are done unloading/loading your vehicle please park your car in the reenacter parking area ASAP, to give others room to unload/load!
Venders will be given more time, venders please see Venders Section.
School Tours
School tours will be conducted on Friday Sept. 20, from 9:45am-2:15pm. Absolutely no personal vehicles allowed in Historic Camp area, PERIOD!! You will have to wait for the all clear from the MP's before you may enter, just in case the tours run over the allotted time.
If you and your unit would like to participate in the tours, you will need to be setup before Friday 9:45am. All units and its members participating will conduct themselves in a decent adult manner!!!
