Rebild is the name of a small village in northern Jutland, Denmark. Rebild National Memorial Park, originally 200 acres of hilly, heather covered land, was purchased in 1911 with funds raised by Danish Americans under the leadership of Max Henius from Chicago. In 1912, Max presented the deed of the land to His Majesty King Christian X as a permanent memorial to Danish Americans.
The Rebild National Park Society is a Danish-American friendship organization. It is an Illinois non-profit 501c3 corporation formed for the purpose of celebrating America’s Fourth of July Independence Day at the Rebild Park in Denmark and to promote the friendship between the United States and Denmark. For more information please visit www.rebild.org.
The Upper Midwest Chapter of the Rebild National Park Society has members in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakota’s.
Our Mission Statement: "Rebild Upper Midwest Chapter is a non-profit Danish/American cultural organization dedicated to the fostering of contact among people of the two nations. It seeks to facilitate cross-cultural interaction by hosting events and programs that invite individual and family participation to strengthen the cultural and historical connections between Denmark and the United States of America."
We locally celebrate the following activities and events each year:
Queen's Ball Gala in Honor of the Birthday of HRH Queen Margrethe of Denmark
Rebild is the name of a small village in northern Jutland, Denmark. Rebild National Memorial Park, originally 200 acres of hilly, heather covered land, was purchased in 1911 with funds raised by Danish Americans under the leadership of Max Henius from Chicago. In 1912, Max presented the deed of the land to His Majesty King Christian X as a permanent memorial to Danish Americans.