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Mar 19, 2024 · River Raisin NBP preserves, commemorates, and interprets the January 1813 battles of the War of 1812 and their aftermath. Battles that resulted in the greatest victory for Tecumseh’s Confederation and the British and the greatest defeat for the U.S.
The River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves the site of the Battle of Frenchtown as the only national battlefield marking a site of the War of 1812. It was established as the 393rd unit of the United States National Park Service under Title VII of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which was signed into law on March 30, 2009.
Jan 25, 2024 · River Raisin National Battlefield Park. The Battlefield was added to the National Park Service in October 2010 and officially opened May 2011. The park offers walking and biking trails, as well as the River Raisin Heritage Trail, to interest the casual visitor or War of 1812 history buff.
Located near the confluence of the River Raisin and Lake Erie, the broad expansive marshlands and rich soil, made it a natural place of settlement for the original Native American and later French settlers.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park aims to tell the dramatic, little known story of one of the greatest military defeats in U.S. history, a calamitous series of clashes that took place not long after the outbreak of the War of 1812.
The River Raisin National Battlefield Park commemorates the January 1813 battle and the subsequent massacre of the same name during the War of 1812. Officially opened in 2011, visitors can learn more about the conflict at the visitor center, which offers a diorama of the River Raisin settlement, a theater with an educational movie about the ...
Aug 10, 2023 · River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves the January 1813 battles of the War of 1812 and their aftermath in Monroe and Wayne counties in SE Michigan. The Battle at River Raisin was one of conflicting nations: Tecumseh's envisioned an Indian Confederacy.
Jun 21, 2022 · As you visit River Raisin National Battlefield Park, you are visiting hallowed grounds and the final resting place for many fallen warriors and soldiers. As you walk, read the historical markers, and contemplate the past, consider that Southeast Michigan witnessed the greatest defeat for the United States in the War of 1812.
The River Raisin National Battlefield Park is dedicated to examining the War of 1812 from multiple perspectives and examining the aftermath resulting in the forced removal, relocation and assimilation of Native Nations.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves, commemorates, and interprets the January 1813 battles of the War of 1812 and their aftermath in Monroe and Wayne counties in SE Michigan.
