Hello everyone,

Fort Stanton Historic Site and Fort Stanton, Inc. are excited to host the annual Fort Stanton Live celebration with hands-on activities, historical presentations, musical performances, and infantry demonstrations.

What: Join us for Fort Stanton Live, where history comes to life. Visitors can enjoy lectures about the landscape and site history, a flag-raising ceremony, period infantry military drills, musical performances by New Mexican artists, and dance performances by Mescalero Apache Tribe dancers and Zuni dancers. Visitors will also be treated to pottery-making and blacksmithing demonstrations, spinning and weaving, a quilt show, and an all-day scavenger hunt for children. A full schedule of events is available online.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children 16 and younger. Tickets are available online at my.nmculture.org/44487/48259.

Who: Fort Stanton Historic Site and Fort Stanton, Inc.

When: Saturday, Aug. 23, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Stanton Historic Site, 104 Kit Carson Road, Fort Stanton, NM 88323

Why: Fort Stanton Live offers a unique experience to celebrate and learn about the site through historical reenactments, guest speakers, performances, and exhibits.