American Battlefield Trust Exhibit – Stars and Stripes Celebrate America 250th

American Battlefield Trust Exhibit
Kikthawenund NSDAR Chapter
Stars and Stripes – Celebrate America 250!
was Saturday, January 11th,  2025 at 1:00 p.m.,

postponed due to storm to Sunday, January 12 at 1:30 pm
Madison County Farm Bureau 4H Building,
512 East 4 th Street, Alexandria, IN 46001

Alexandria, IN – Kikthawenund Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
will hold a Sunday Afternoon viewing of the American Battlefield Trust Exhibit
the American Revolution Experience at the Madison County Farm Bureau 4H
Building, 512 East 4 th Street, Alexandria, IN 46001, at 1:30 p.m.
Guests will include America 250 Madison County Committee, Kikthawenund
Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter members, the Continental Sons of
the American Revolution Indiana Chapter members, Madison County Genealogy
Society members, and Madison County Historical Societies. Guests are encouraged
to wear Revolutionary War period dress if they have it.
Abigail Adams (Kikthawenund Chapter Regent Deb Hale) will be addressing the
guests, “To remember the ladies.” In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams
writes to her husband, John Adams, urging, “I long to hear that you have declared
independence. And in the new code of laws which I suppose will be necessary for
you to make, I desire you to remember the ladies and be more generous and
favorable to them than your ancestors.”
The American Revolution Experience is an innovative pop-up exhibition designed
to engage visitors with the history of the Revolutionary War through a blend of
storytelling, illustration, technology, and unique artifacts. The exhibit features,

interactive digital kiosks and informative display panels that bring to life the
stories of the individuals and events that shaped the birth of the United States.
The American Revolution Experience Traveling Exhibition is hosted by the Purdue
Extension Office and presented in partnership with the Kikthawenund Chapter and
the American Battlefield Trust. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The exhibition will be open January 11 through 30, during these hours:
Monday – Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Press Contact: Deborah Hale
Email: kikthawenunddar@gmail.com

Deb Hale has asked Mark Kreps, Indiana Historian to speak briefly.