May 31 & June 1, 2025 - Living History Event Schedule

Saturday, May 31
Day/Time Place Event
10:00 AM The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole)
10:30 AM Gardeners planting with children—on-going (garden)
10:45 AM Cobbler/bread at the bake oven
11:00 AM Horse near the Council House
11:30 AM Barracks Soldiers discouraged about the quality of food
12:00 PM Flag Pole Assembly, Noon Gun
12:05 PM Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher)
12:30 PM Visitor Center Native plant talk
1:30 PM following talk at the Visitor Center Native Plant Walk
2:00 PM Medical procedure at the hospital!
3:00 PM Carpentry and log hewing bake oven
4:00 PM The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, Evening gun)
Sunday, June 1
Day/Time Place Event
10:00 AM The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole)
10:30 AM Gardeners planting with children—on-going (garden)
10:45 AM Cobbler/bread at the bake oven
11:00 AM Horse near the Council House
11:30 AM Barracks Soldiers discouraged about the quality of food
12:00 PM Flag Pole Assembly, Noon Gun
12:05 PM Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher)
2:00 PM Medical procedure at the hospital!
3:00 PM Carpentry and log hewing bake oven
4:00 PM The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, Evening gun)

Gun will be fired at 10, noon & 4:00 (at least).

Ongoing demonstrations: spinners/weavers, school, craft room, cooper, inside of the fort! Visit the cabin, Council House, sutler clerks, garden, blacksmith, tinsmith and more! 

Take a Video Tour of Fort Atkinson

Footage courtesy of Clay Massa

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May 09, 2025

May 31 & June 1, 2025 - Living History Event Schedule

Gun will be fired at 10, noon & 4:00 (at least). Ongoing demonstrations: spinners/weavers, school, craft room, cooper, inside of the fort! Visit the cabin, Council House, sutler clerks, garden, blacksmith, tinsmith and more! 

March 21, 2025

2025 Living History Events Announced!

Check out our 2025 Living History Events schedule!

September 24, 2024

October 5 & 6, 2024 - Living History Event Schedule

On October 5 & 6 Fort Atkinson State Historical Park is having their last Living History weekend for 2024. We have exciting things happening. (Nebraska State Park Sticker required)

Learn about the election in 1824!

Butchering a bison and Native drumming on Saturday!

1:30 PM on Sunday 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band Program

Guest speakers include:

  • 2:00 PM Saturday, Joslyn speaker Thomas Busciglio-Ritter on Karl Bodmer’s art
  • 2:00 PM Sunday, Wade Davis on "Role of Ft. Atkinson in the Fur Trade"

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