Fun for the Whole Family

From historical re-enactments and period encampments to apple picking and special tours, there's always something going on at Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters!

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2024 Schedule of Events

See you at FWSQ soon!
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May 18, 2024:  Join us for our Opening Weekend Activities, and as part of the celebration we will be hosting a plant sale.
Shop a variety of annuals, perennials, vegetables and succulents, including hostas, daylillies and hanging baskets. Concessions available on site.
 
June 15, 2024: Flag Retirement with VFW Post 1707
Ceremony performed by Portage VFW Post 1707 (location: 215 West Collins St.Portage, WI) at 11:00 a.m. Flags ready to be retired are welcome!

July 20, 2024: Murder Mystery Dinner Join us at VFW Hall to celebrate the famous marriage of Charlotte and Horatio Van Cleve. When a guest turns up dead, will you help us solve the mystery of their murder?
Registrations are being accepted for this event at: https://wsdar.regfox.com/fwsq-murder-mystery 

August 17, 2024: State Regent Dedication of Old Military Road Signs
WSDAR State Regent's Project to replace and rededicate missing 1930 road markers that recognize Wisconsin's Old Military Road.

September 7, 2024: Old Military Road 5K Run - Run starts at 9 am. To register for this 5K click here: https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Portage/wsdar
5K at the Portage Levee Walk to benefit FWSQ. A beautiful view of the Wisconsin River is an added bonus!

​Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters will be CLOSED September 12-15, 2024
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September 21, 2024: Fall History Festival  10a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrate the harvest season and learn about the past as special guests bring history alive. Travel back to when fur pelts were as coveted as gold nuggets. Focusing on the fur trade in the early to mid-1800s, the free family event will take place at the Portage historic site from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At 1 p.m., internationally known historian Herman E. Bender of Fond du Lac will present “The Historic Fur Trade: 1600-1840.”
The Fall History Festival also will feature Art Briant of Portage, demonstrating blacksmithing; members of the Children of the American Revolution, sharing the history of candy; Greg Taylor, Chicago, a re-enactor of Father Jacques Marquette, who with explorer Louis Joliet paddled the Fox River and portaged to the Wisconsin River in 1673; and the DAR’s America 250 project to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial in 2026.
Also on tap are children’s activities, the debut of the new patriotic and medicinal gardens and, at 3:15 p.m., an old-fashioned sing-a-long to round out the day.

A separate event will take place that evening. From 7 to 9 p.m., Paranormal Encounters Wisconsin will return to the historic site to extend its investigation into Surgeon Quarters’ spectral inhabitants.
Tickets are $40. Register at https://wsdar.regfox.com/paranormal-encounters-leads-a-ghost-hunt

2024 FWSQ Book Club

For the spring and summer listing of Book Club Meetings click here.

Regular Hours

In addition to the special events listed above, we are regularly open to the public. 
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Wednesdays to Sundays
May 15 to October 15
​10:00am to 4:00pm