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Upcoming RCHS Events:
Oct. 31 - Trick or Treat at the
Gowdy House 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 12 - Fall Dinner Meeting/Dinner
6:00 p.m. (place tba)
Nov. 14 - Work Day (set up trees)
9:00 - 12:00
Dec. 6 - Festival of Trees 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Featuring Non Profit
Organizations of Rush County
Dec. 14 - "Christmas 1900" at 7:00 p.m.
An inneractive holiday
experience
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October -
31 - Halloween
November -
1 Daylight Savings Time
6-7 Midwest Craft Chocolate
Festival at Love
Community Center
7 Rushville Breakfast Opti-
mist Club Turkey Chase &
Memorial Park for kids
K thru Grade 8
December -
6 Rush County Historical
Society Festival of Trees
3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Also:
Spring 2026 Newsletter -
2026 Year At A Glance Calendar -
Day Trips to Historic Homes in
Indiana - Click Here
Hoosier History Highlights -
Curious about other County
Historical Societies - Click Here
Community Events:
Rush County Historical Society
Annual Fall Member Dinner and Program
November 12, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. - First Baptist Church, 1431 W. US 52, Rushville, IN 46173
Dinner is $20 per person. RSVP to Carol Holzback at Ph: (765) 570-2109 by November 9th.
Rush County Historical Society at Gettysburg
October 6-9,2026
The Rush County Historical Society traveled to Gettysburg, PA on October 6-9, 2026. Their visit included the National Military Park and Visitors Center, Battlefield Tour, Adams County - Beyond the Battle Museum, trip on the Gettysburg Railroad, and dinner at the Dobbin House.
One of the trip highlights, while on the Battlefield Tour, was visiting the Indiana State Memorial. The Indiana State Memorial is located at the base of Culp’s Hill near Spanglers Spring. This is near the site where the 27th Indiana Infantry Regiment made an attack on July 3, 1863 against Confederate troops who had occupied abandoned Union fortifications the day before. The 27th Indiana lost 32 percent of its men. The monument is one of the newer Union state monuments, as most were erected between 1880 and 1940. The Indiana State Memorial was dedicated in 1971.
The memorial reads as follows:
Dedicated to those Hoosiers who so nobly advanced freedom on this great battlefield
On July 1, 1863, Indiana units engaged Confederate forces at Gettysburg and sustained some of the first casualties among the Union ranks. In this battle to preserve the Union, 552 men from Indiana were casualties to that cause
In honored memory of those valiant men of Indiana who served in the
7th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regt.
14th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regt.
19th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regt.
20th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regt.
27th Ind. Vol. Inf. Regt.
I & K Companies 1st Ind. Vol. Cav. Regt.
ABCDEF Companies 3rd Ind. Vol. Cav. Regt