A Southern Door roadside chapel. File picture.
The Belgian Heritage Heart (BHC), positioned 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 12 months’s theme is preservation, and the occasion will convey collectively historic organizations from throughout the county for a morning of group, studying and celebration.
The morning begins at 9 am with a presentation by Vacation spot Door County introducing the brand new Heritage Path Move app, a digital device designed to assist customers discover native museums and history-rich websites. Members can earn rewards by way 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 consider 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 constructions and the way this cultural custom has been stored alive by way of the generations.
Following the presentation, visitors could take a guided tour of the BHC or go to close by chapels, the place BHC docents shall be readily available to offer perception into each historic and fashionable examples of those landmarks.