Fort Stanton Live! Schedule of Events
All of these events are on the Quadrangle unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, August 13th
9:00 am Flag Raising
9:15 am Calvary Drill
9:45 am New Mexico Fife & Drum
10:00 am Mescalero Dancers (Children and Wambley)
11:00 am John Ryan Corporal Skit
11:15 am Infantry Drill
12:00 pm Speeches: John Garcia, Dedication, etc.
12:45 pm NM Fife & Drum
1:00 pm Buffalo Soldiers (on stage)
2:00 pm Indian Gourd Dancers & Drummers (on Parade Grounds)
Artillery Demonstration (Garrison Area)
3:00 pm Lew Wallace
4:00 pm Fashion Show by Ladies of Fort Selden
4:45 pm NM Fife & Drum
5:00 pm Lowering of the Flags
5:15 pm Daytime activities are over
Saturday, August 13th Candlelight Lantern Tour of Garrison Camp
7:30 pm 1st Lantern Tour begins
9:00 pm Last Tour begins
9:30 pm Lantern Tours conclude
Sunday, August 14th
9:00 am Flag Raising
9:15 am Church Service with 1880ís Preacher and Gospel Singers
10:00 am Fashion Show with Ladies of Fort Selden
10:45 am Mescalero Gourd Dancers & Drummers
11:30 am NM Fife and Drum leads public the hill to Battle
12:00 pm Battle in the Field (south of the fort)
1:30 pm Lowering of the Flags
1:45 pm All Over
Fort Stanton Live! Saturday, August 13th and Sunday, August 14th
On Going Events both on and off the Quad
Inside Administration Building:
Snowy River Cave Slide Show presentation with Mike Bilbo (Continuous Loop???)
Fort Stanton Suttler Store (selling T-shirts, etc.)
Lydia Lane Presentation by Nisha Hoffman
Weapons Display from Brent Clark, Bill Thorp and Herb Marsh (one or two rooms)
On Porch of Administration Building:
Authors: John Ryan and Jim Mc Bride (he will also give guided tours of German camp)
Outside on Parade Grounds:
Nishaís Childrenís Corner
Hollyís Childrenís Corner (between Commanderís House and Eddy Cottage)
Ira Rabke: Weapons Display
Mike Bilbo: Quill pen Handwriting Demonstration (Near Flag)
Old Timers Tent (Near Flag)
Outside Adjacent to Parade Grounds:
Ladies with Spinning Wheels
Richard Rumpf Blacksmith
Displays: LC Sheriffís Posse
Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang
Boots & Saddles
LC Historical Society
CiveGenics
Mescalero Rehabilitation Program
Sons of Confederate Soldiers
Friends of Fort Selden
Fort Stanton Fire Engine
Garrison Camp Area:
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Museum: Chuckwagon cooking biscuits and giving away samples
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Museum: Blacksmith with his forge
Mountain Men: Tomahawk Throwing Demonstration
Across From Garrison Camp (In Front of Laundry Building)
Judge & Miss Lilly with Daughter: Tin Type Photography (Saturday Only)
Spencer & Jackson Theatrical Show
Suttler Store and Laundress Display
