October 5 & 6, 2024 - Living History Event Schedule
Arrival of Gen. Atkinson/Election Information Arrives!
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"
Photo Credit: Karl Bodmer (Swiss, 1809-1893), _Ruins of Fort Atkinson_, 1833, watercolor and graphite on paper, 8 1/2 × 11 7/8 in. (21.6 × 30.2 cm), Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.49.152, Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019
| Day/Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole) | |
| 10:00 AM | Near Bake Oven - Ongoing | Butchering a bison |
| 10:15 AM | Flagpole | Prepare for Inspection |
| 10:30 AM | Council House | Interactive Voting—1824 election — (Kevin Arnold) Visitors receive candidate info — Voting at the Council House — Results at VC? Visitors will discuss election with L.H. interpreters |
| 11:00 AM | Cutting crops, grass, Building a haystack & winnowing | |
| 11:30 AM | Near Council House | Native Drumming |
| 12:00 PM | Flagpole on Parade Ground | Assembly, Noon Gun |
| 12:00 PM | Shade Trees on the Parade Ground | Pressing Apples for Cider |
| 12:05 PM | Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher) | |
| 12:05 PM | Bake Oven | Bison sampling, until gone |
| 2:00 PM | Visitor Center | Speaker Thomas Busciglio-Ritter on Bodmer's paintings. |
| 4:00 PM | Flagpole | The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, evening gun, flagpole) |
| Day/Time | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | The Troop (Roll call, inspection, raise colours, and morning gun, flag pole) | |
| 10:30 AM | Council House | Interactive Voting—1824 election — (Kevin Arnold) Visitors receive candidate info — Voting at the Council House — Results at VC? Visitors will discuss election with L.H. interpreters |
| 10:30 AM | School Room, North Barrack | Church service, publik welcome! |
| 11:00 AM | Cutting crops, grass, Building a haystack & winnowing | |
| 12:00 PM | Flagpole on Parade Ground | Assembly, Noon Gun |
| 12:05 PM | Dinner Call (Peas upon a trencher) | |
| 12:05 PM | Bake Oven | Bison sampling, until gone |
| 1:30 PM | Near Locust Grove | 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band Program |
| 2:00 PM | Visitor Center | Wade Davis "Role of Ft. Atkinson in the Fur Trade" |
| 4:00 PM | Flagple | The Retreat (Roll call, Inspection, evening gun, flagpole) |
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What's Happening?
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"
The 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band is a 15-member musical ensemble providing living history, education, and musical entertainment for the citizens of Nebraska and surrounding areas. The group portrays the band of the original 1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry Regiment of 1861-1862. 1st Nebraska wears Union infantry uniforms and plays authentic musical arrangements taken from actual Civil War band books and played on authentic Civil War period band instruments.