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Fort Scott National Historic SitePhotograph of Powder Magazine and Officers Quarters at Fort Scott
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Fort Scott National Historic Site
4th of July Weekend Activities
Daryl Zimmerman portraying soldier who will be here on Saturday

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Dragoon soldier reenactor on horseback

This weekend, Fort Scott National Historic Site will commemorate a traditional 1840s military holiday with a cannon firing, historic games, patriotic speeches and a 30-gun salute. Costumed interpreters will help bring the site to life with the sights, sounds, and smells of an 1840s military fort.
The Courier, by Gary Hawk. Artwork shows no wall around Fort Scott  

Did You Know?
Fort Scott never did have a wall around it. It was built upon a bluff which had three steep sides and opened up to prairie in a gradual slope on the south. Many forts were not built with walls at the time; the fort with a stockade is more a product of Hollywood mythology than actual fact.

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Last Updated: December 26, 2008 at 16:00 EST