• Aerial View of Fort Larned

    Fort Larned

    National Historic Site Kansas

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Fort Larned has two new artifacts on display, both of them items that were generously donated to the park. One is a Spanish lance point and the other is the Cavalry saber of Frank Baldwin, one of only a few people to win the Medal of Honor twice.

 

The Fort Larned Old Guard, the park's friends group, held their annual Mess and Muster on April 27th. Click here for all the details.

Did You Know?

Flag

The flagpole on Fort Larned’s parade ground is 99 feet tall.  The original 100-foot-tall flagpole was destroyed by lightning in 1877.