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Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18                          See the weekend schedule of events! >

You become part of history when you experience the sweeping pageantry and spectacle of the war that divided a nation during Civil War Days, an annual event at Naper Settlement. More than 300 Civil War re-enactors camp on site, providing a living historical view of the past. When the bugle sounds each day at 2:30 p.m., troops from the North and the South will charge into battle with rifles at the ready and cannons booming. Afterward, you can see the work of the Civil War surgeons as they demonstrate 19^th century medical techniques.

Interact with famous personages of the past who step from the pages of history books, such as President Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Generals Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George A. Custer, William Tecumseh Sherman and many more.

An annual tradition at Naper Settlement for over 25 years, the family-friendly event features food, fun and shopping on "Sutler's Row" for traditional Civil War-era reproduction products and in the Museum Store for Civil War books and merchandise.

10 a.m.- 4 p.m. both days. $9 adults, $8 seniors, $6.50 youth (4-17)

Naperville Heritage Society members and Season Pass Holders receive free admission.

$1 off advance ticket sales will be available at Naper Settlement, Anderson's Bookshop, Canterbury Shoppe, Oswald's Pharmacy and downtown Naperville and Just Ducky Too in south Naperville after May 1.

Sutler Application PDF >

Re-enactor Application PDF >

Thank you to our 2008 Presenting Sponsor, Thanks also to our other sponsors,

All Events and Programs Subject to Change Without Notice.  Special Event Rates Vary