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Relive The Past At Fort Scott National Historic Site

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By NPT Staff - June 2nd, 2017

The 175th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Scott will be celebrated this weekend/NPS

This year marks the 175th anniversary of Fort Scott, which was established in the Kansas Territory in 1842. In commemoration of this milestone, Fort Scott National Historic Site is pulling out all the stops with frontier-era military reenactments on Saturday.

Stop by the fort during the town-wide Good Ol’ Days celebration and stroll the grounds to experience the bustling activity of the 1842-1853 frontier fort.

Among the events will be the participation of mounted cavalry and dragoon units, two infantry units, an artillery unit, and representatives of the Western Bluecoats Field Hospital. Of special note is the attendance of the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers, who were instrumental in surveying and mapping the West.

It is sure to be a fun-filled and exciting day with nearly 100 costumed living-history reenactors to observe, learn from, and interact with. Visit with soldiers, laundresses, surgeons, and officers’ wives as they go about their daily routines. Enjoy the variety of historic weapons demonstrations throughout the day. Meet the men and women who shaped the very beginnings of Fort Scott during a guided tour. Enjoy first-hand accounts of fort activity through the letters of Captain Thomas Swords and his wife, Charlotte. Living history activities will be ongoing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

9 a.m. Raising the Colors
10 a.m. Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
11 a.m. Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
12 p.m. Guided Tour: Men and Women of the Old Fort
1 p.m. The Tongue is More Useful than the Arrow: The Letters of Thomas and Charlotte Swords
2 p.m. Infantry Drill and Weapons Demonstration
3 p.m. Artillery Drill and Weapons Demonstration
4 p.m. Flag Retreat

Comments

Submitted by V V Wallace on June 2, 2017 - 12:54pm.

Prominant display of the DATE of the event would help.  ie which Saturday?


Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 2, 2017 - 1:02pm.

This Saturday, VV. If it was next Saturday, we would have included the date.


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