A Southern Door roadside chapel. File picture.
The Belgian Heritage Heart (BHC), situated at 1255 Cty DK in Namur, will host the kickoff occasion for Door County Historical past Days on June 16, 9 am – 12 pm.
This yr’s theme is preservation, and the occasion will deliver collectively historic organizations from throughout the county for a morning of neighborhood, studying and celebration.
The morning begins at 9 am with a presentation by Vacation spot Door County introducing the brand new Heritage Path Go app, a digital software designed to assist customers discover native museums and history-rich websites. Contributors can earn rewards by means of app engagement, encouraging deeper exploration of Door County’s heritage.
Visitors can even hear temporary updates from historic organizations, together with the BHC, on their ongoing preservation tasks. Attendees are invited to discover the BHC campus and examine curated displays through the free occasion.
Additionally a part of the Historical past Days celebration, the BHC will host a particular presentation, “Preserving the Roadside Chapel Custom,” on June 19, 1-3 pm.
Native historian Barb (Englebert) Chisholm will spotlight the origin and evolution of roadside chapels – votive buildings distinctive to the Belgian settlements of northeast Wisconsin. Chisholm will share the tales behind these buildings and the way this cultural custom has been saved alive by means of the generations.
Following the presentation, friends might take a guided tour of the BHC or go to close by chapels, the place BHC docents will likely be available to offer perception into each historic and trendy examples of those landmarks.
