Prairie du Rocher, IL (December 17, 2025) - This annual event presents an Illinois Country French traditional New Year’s Eve celebration at Fort de Chartres dating back to 1722. As part of the annual event, La Guiannée singers will visit houses and Fort de Chartres in the early French town of Prairie du Rocher and sing for the residents. Les Amis du Fort de Chartres volunteers will host the celebration at the Fort in the Fort's guard room from 7 pm-9 pm to greet the La Guiannée Singers. As part of the tradition, the residents provide refreshments for the singers at each stop. It is cosponsored by Les Amis du Fort de Chartres, Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, and the Prairie du Rocher La Guiannée Society. Please join us as we welcome in the New Year! Mistletoe for the new year. Au gui l’an nuef! Bonne année!
La Guiannée at Fort de Chartres is hosted and sponsored by Les Amis du Fort de Chartres and LAdFdC welcomes visitors, participants, and volunteers to this annual winter special event at held at Fort de Chartres. Please check out the Fort de Chartres website, www.fortdechartres.us, for more information and a list of the Fort’s special events and dates. For additional event information, please email [email protected].
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, which includes its historic Powder Magazine structure, widely considered the oldest building in Illinois, is located only an hour from downtown St. Louis, at 1350 IL Route 155, 4 miles west of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. The site is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources. IDNR protects the state’s historic resources, which contribute to education, culture and the economy. IDNR sites include ancient burial mounds, forts and buildings erected by settlers, and homes connected to famous Illinoisans. For more site information, call Fort de Chartres State Historic Site at 618-284-7230 or visit www.fortdechartres.us.
Les Amis du Fort de Chartres, “Friends of Fort de Chartres,” is a not-for-profit organization made up of volunteers striving to preserve, protect, and interpret the physical structural and cultural heritage of Fort de Chartres in the 1700s. More information about Les Amis du Fort de Chartres and its efforts sponsoring special events at Fort de Chartres, can be found at http://www.fortdechartres.us/les-amis-du-fort-de-chartres/ and at https://www.facebook.com/LesAmisduFortdeChartres/
CONTACT: Jennifer Duensing, President
ORGANIZATION: Les Amis du Fort de Chartres
PHONE: (618) 612-9098
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEB: http://www.fortdechartres.us/
https://www.facebook.com/LesAmisduFortdeChartres/
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