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. 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. Membership for Les Amis is open to all and encourages volunteering at Fort de Chartres State Historic Site or to support of the organization’s activities at the Fort. Beginning March 2016, Les Amis began publishing a quarterly newspaper announcing current fort events and activities-Gazette de Les Amis du Fort de Chartres. Some of the recent past projects accomplished by Les Amis: sponsoring a monthly series of demonstrations-Art de vivre, helping to repair the site’s bread oven, supporting the Fort de Chartres Jardin Potager by purchasing heirloom seeds and trees, volunteering at Kid’s day, assisting at event registrations, helping maintain the Fort library, making the fort a stop on the Prairie du Rocher Chamber Garden and Christmas tours. Les Amis du Fort de Chartres looks forward to continuing the tradition of local community support and involvement at our unique state historic site, Fort de Chartres.
