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Attention! Relive the drama and grandeur of the Napoleonic War as you are brought face to face with Wellington's Red Coats in the midst of the combat campaign. Gossip with the soldiers wives in all their regency finery, and discover the truth behind the glory days of Wellington. Sat 14 & Sun 15 Jun 2014 and […]

Throughout summer 2014, Maryland's Chesapeake Campaign will commemorate the events of 1814, from the burning of Washington to the dramatic, successful defence of Baltimore. The story of Maryland's fight for the nation will be celebrated through the Chesapeake Campaign, a travelling festival featuring re-enactors, hands-on educational activities, performance, food, drink and interactive fun all along […]

On 5 May 2014, 193rd anniversary of the Emperor's death, a mass will be held at 6.30pm to honour the memory of Napoleon I and the soldiers of his Grand Army in the Cathédrale Saint-Louis at the Hôtel des Invalides. The mass will be held by Monseigneur Luc Ravel, Bishop to the French Armed Forces, in the […]

The weekend of 25 to 27 April 2014 marks the seventh annual weekend of celebration in honour of Napoleon III. Organised by the Office de tourisme in Vichy, the events in homage to Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte include: – A dinner dance (Saturday 26th April, 8pm) – A parade, made up of 300 people in costumes and carriages (Sunday 27th April, […]

This year marks two hundred years since the British invaded the port city of Alexandria, Virginia, and the City of Alexandria's War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration is organising a number of events to honour the occasion. Highlights include:  24 April – War of 1812 Film Gala (Old Town Theater)The City of Alexandria's War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration […]

This weekend marks the final part of the bicentenary commemorations at Fontainebleau. Throughout Saturday and Sunday, the City and the Château of Fontainebleau will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's Farewell with an action-packed agenda of activities, events, exhibitions and re-enactments.  Highlights of the two-day programme include: All day Saturday and Sunday: “Peasant Life in the Town” – family activities, nineteenth-century […]

On April 14th, the Niagara 1812 Legacy Council announced their full event schedule for 2014. Throughout the summer, the events that took place in and around Niagara during the War of 1812 will be commemorated and retold through re-enactments, performances, and community events.  The first signature event in the programme, The Honouring, will take place inside Fort Niagara at dusk on June […]

 Portoferraio and the Island of Elba are organizing a series of commemorative events for the bicentenary of the Emperor's presence there – first and foremost are the restoration of I Mulini, the Emperor's Summer Residence on the Island, and the exhibition of the Emperor's bivouac tent in the Demidoff Galleria of the Villa San Martino. […]

 During three weekends in April 2014 (5-6 April, 12-13 April, 19-20 April), the City and the Château of Fontainebleau will be celebrating the bicentenary of Napoleon's Farewell.  The programme of events is already available (in French): reenactments, bals, movie screenings, shows, talks, book fair… Château de FontainebleauPlace du Général de Gaulle 77300 Fontainebleau FranceTel: +33 1 […]

 200th anniversary of the Principate of Canino – Lucien BonaparteJanuary to August 2014 Series of talks 29 March-31 August: Exhibition “Canino: an open air museum of Lucien Bonaparte”For the whole of the month of August, it will be possible to visit several major monuments of the city of Canino connected to Lucien Bonaparte.  At times which you […]