Welcome to the Home Page of the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition. Our group is dedicated to preserving the history of Michigan men and women who served their country between 1845 and 1973 who either sent material to or personally passed through Historic Fort Wayne as a place of induction to United States military service. We are busy helping the Fort’s caretakers, the City of Detroit Recreation Department with this effort in two major ways. First, we are active in presenting high quality events that provide ways for the public to enjoy Historic Fort Wayne and see glimpses or how it would have looked when it was garrisoned. We are also very busy in the effort of preserving and restoring as much of the structures and facilities as possible on the Fort grounds.
We welcome you to our Home Page and invite you in to look around. Inside you’ll find information about the work we do and the fun we have at one of Michigan’s great historic gems. If you need more information, please use the Contact Us page and we’ll be happy to help you out.
Civil War Days gets Good Press!!!
Civil War Days, held last weekend at Historic Fort Wayne, was attended by members of the press from Channels 2, 4 and 7 as well as a photographer from the Free Press, among others. We are still working on getting segments that aired on the TV channels. If you can help with that, please let us know. For now, follow the link below to the Free Press website to see several great photos from last weekend!
Free Press Civil War Days 2010 Coverage
New Website Look Coming Now!
As of July 18, 2010, we are making some changes to the website. The good news is we've grown tremendously since we started the site. We need to do some updates to make it easier for you the viewer, whether this is your first visit or you are a long-time member. Look for new changes to roll across the site in the next weeks. First is the look of the pages. When a page is updated, you'll see a different image of life at the Fort, either historical or from HFWC events, in the banner. That picture will change each time you load a page. Enjoy!
Donate Online - Help the Fort!
We now are able to take financial donation here on-line. We are set up through paypal. All funds raised will be used to support our work to help educate the public about Historic Fort Wayne and to preserve and restore it! Thanks for your donations!
In addition to this site, you can also follow us on Facebook. Join our Facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=43581880083&ref=ts
We hope you find this site helpful and we look forward to seeing you at the Fort!
