River Raisin National Battlefield Park
A visitor center, battlefield landscape, artifacts, and Indigenous, British, Canadian, and American perspectives examine the River Raisin battles, their aftermath, and the War of 1812 borderland.
Artwork inspired by Jon Onye Lockard
The phrase “Remember the Raisin” can flatten a complicated campaign into American memory. Wyandot and other Native nations pursued their own survival and sovereignty; French-descended residents, militia, regulars, prisoners, and civilians experienced different consequences.
Use the orientation film and map before walking the field, because modern streets obscure rivers, farms, roads, and firing positions. The main visitor center is only one unit in a developing park with additional sites and partner landscapes.
- Conflict
- War of 1812
- Principal battles
- January 1813
- Perspective
- Four nations and a borderland
Quick guide
- Begin with
- Orient at battlefield map
- Look closely at
- Interrogate River Raisin trace
Understand the battle through its competing memories
- Begin with the map
- Orient American, British, Canadian, and Native forces before the film
- Walk the loop
- The surviving landscape is subtle, so use markers to reconstruct movement
- Stay for aftermath
- Removal policy and the phrase Remember the Raisin outlasted the battle
- Use the paved route
- The visitor center and battlefield loop provide broad step-free access
Good to know
The modern open field does not preserve every 1813 feature, and the park extends beyond the visitor-center parcel; interpretation is essential.
Notice these
- battlefield map
- River Raisin trace
- multinational accounts