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SUMMARY:Highlights in History
DESCRIPTION:Living History and "Highlights in History" Featured for Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Scott National Historic Site \n\n \n\nFort Scott\, KS: This Memorial Day weekend\, you and your family are invited to visit Fort Scott National Historic Site as we honor our nation's fallen heroes.  Experience the sights\, sounds\, and smells of a frontier military fort.  Celebrate the weekend with traditional living history programs\, cooking demonstrations\, and artillery firings.  A guided tour will be offered at 1 p.m. each day and a National Moment of Remembrance honoring American Soldiers who died in the line of duty will be held Monday at 3 p.m.\n\n \n\nOn Saturday\, programs will focus on community life at Fort Scott in the 1840s\, with special presentations from our site volunteers on cooking\, baking\, and washing clothes.  Come join the post laundress as she demonstrates washing Soldiers' clothes\, 1840s style.  Smell the aroma of freshly baked bread from the fort bake house.  Watch as the Soldiers and women of the fort go about their daily routines.  Living history stations will also include officers' wives demonstrating needlework\, an Infantry Soldier discussing camp life\, and the post sutler hawking his wares. \n\n \n\nSmall arms demonstrations are scheduled Saturday and Monday and the roar of artillery will be heard on Sunday.  Special programs on Saturday will include a reading of Fort Scott officers who died in the line of duty\, a tribute to American Soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in all wars\, and a reading of letters written by Captain Thomas Swords and his wife\, Charlotte.  The couple was stationed at Fort Scott in the 1840s\; Captain Swords served as the post quartermaster at Fort Scott and oversaw its construction.\n\n \n\nSchedule of Activities\n\nSaturday\, May 27\n\n \n\n10:00 a.m.            Flour\, Sweat\, and Tears:  Bake House Talk\n\n11:00 a.m.            "Ready\, Aim\, Fire":  Weapons Demonstration\n\n  1:00 p.m.            Guided Tour\n\n  2:00 p.m.            "Ready\, Aim\, Fire":  Weapons Demo /Honoring Fort Scott's Fallen                         Officers\n\n  3:00 p.m.            "The Tongue is More Useful than the Arrow" Letters of Thomas                          and Charlotte Sword\n\n  3:30 p.m.            "So Nobly Advanced":  Memorial Day Tribute to Soldiers\n\n  4:00 p.m.            Flag Retreat\n\n \n\nSunday\, May 28\n\n \n\n  1:00 p.m.            Guided Tour\n\n  3:00 p.m.            "Thunder Wagon":  Artillery Demonstration\n\n  4:00 p.m.            Flag Retreat\n\n \n\nMonday\, May 29\n\n \n\n 11:00 a.m.           "Ready\, Aim\, Fire":  Weapons Demo\n\n   1:00 p.m.           Guided Tour\n\n   3:00 p.m.           Moment of Silence/Artillery Salute\n\n\n\nClick HERE for the Facebook event page.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Living History and &ldquo\;Highlights in History&rdquo\; Featured for Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Scott National Historic Site </span></strong><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Fort Scott\, KS: This Memorial Day weekend\, you and your family are invited to visit Fort Scott National Historic Site as we honor our nation&rsquo\;s fallen heroes. &nbsp\;Experience the sights\, sounds\, and smells of a frontier military fort.&nbsp\; Celebrate the weekend with traditional living history programs\, cooking demonstrations\, and artillery firings.&nbsp\; A guided tour will be offered at 1 p.m. each day and a National Moment of Remembrance honoring American Soldiers who died in the line of duty will be held Monday at 3 p.m.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">On Saturday\, programs will focus on community life at Fort Scott in the 1840s\, with special presentations from our site volunteers on cooking\, baking\, and washing clothes. &nbsp\;Come join the post laundress as she demonstrates washing Soldiers&rsquo\; clothes\, 1840s style. &nbsp\;Smell the aroma of freshly baked bread from the fort bake house.&nbsp\; Watch as the Soldiers and women of the fort go about their daily routines. &nbsp\;Living history stations will also include officers&rsquo\; wives demonstrating needlework\, an Infantry Soldier discussing camp life\, and the post sutler hawking his wares. </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Small arms demonstrations are scheduled Saturday and Monday and the roar of artillery will be heard on Sunday.&nbsp\; Special programs on Saturday will include a reading of Fort Scott officers who died in the line of duty\, a tribute to American Soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in all wars\, and a reading of letters written by Captain Thomas Swords and his wife\, Charlotte.&nbsp\; The couple was stationed at Fort Scott in the 1840s\; Captain Swords served as the post quartermaster at Fort Scott and oversaw its construction.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Schedule of Activities</span></span></strong><br />\n<u><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Saturday\, May 27</span></span></span></u><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">10:00 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Flour\, Sweat\, and Tears: &nbsp\;Bake House Talk</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">11:00 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Ready\, Aim\, Fire&rdquo\;: &nbsp\;Weapons Demonstration</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;1:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Guided Tour</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;2:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Ready\, Aim\, Fire&rdquo\;: &nbsp\;Weapons Demo /Honoring Fort Scott&rsquo\;s Fallen </span></span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Officers</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;3:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;The Tongue is More Useful than the Arrow&rdquo\; Letters of Thomas </span></span></span>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">and Charlotte Sword</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;3:30 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;So Nobly Advanced&rdquo\;: &nbsp\;Memorial Day Tribute to Soldiers</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;4:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Flag Retreat</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<u><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Sunday\, May 28</span></span></span></u><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;1:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Guided Tour</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;3:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Thunder Wagon&rdquo\;: &nbsp\;Artillery Demonstration</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;4:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Flag Retreat</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<u><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">Monday\, May 29</span></span></span></u><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;11:00 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &ldquo\;Ready\, Aim\, Fire&rdquo\;: &nbsp\;Weapons Demo</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;1:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Guided Tour</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;3:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Moment of Silence/Artillery Salute<br />\n<br />\nClick </span></span></span><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1283990378328635/"><span style="color:#0000FF\;">HERE</span></a></span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:npsrawlinsonot\;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt\;"> for the Facebook event page.&nbsp\;</span></span></span>
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