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Fort Stanwix National Monument
Park Fun

park fun includes:

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There are alot fun things to do at Fort Stanwix, in the Visitor Center, or around the grounds!  

For example, you can:

- See a "Please Touch!" table 

- Decide and declare your allegiance
to the Crown or to Independence

- Build your own wooden fort

- See a model of the fort

- Shop at our bookstore/gift shop

-Become a Junior Ranger

 
.."Adventure on the Carry"..

For ages 3 to 6 an fun filled expedition where children will meet new friends and see many new things.

An exciting way for you and your child to explore Fort Stanwix!!

To participate in this activity when you arrive at the park, please ask a Ranger at the Marinus Willett Center information desk.
 
.Why not try some Fort Stanwix Online Games?.

Continental Army Word Search
91kb JPG File

Fort Schuyler Crossword Puzzle
44kb JPG File

Fort Words Matching Game
92kb PDF File

Online Game Answers:

Continental Army Word Search Answer
106kb JPG File

Fort Schuyler Crossword Answer
106kb JPG File

Fort Definitions Matching Game Answers
85kb PDF File
 
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. Build Your  
Own Fort! .

Are you having trouble imagining life during
the American Revolution?

Why don't you do what this Junior Ranger did and build your own fort!
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an over head view of Fort Stanwix...but wait! it is a model made by a Junior Ranger, complete with tiny 18th C. soldiers!
This fun fort activity brought to you courtesy of Junior Ranger "S."!
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a small box with flag waiving has been turned into a mighty fortress!

Junior Ranger "S." spent a lot of time completing his popsicle stick Fort Stanwix. It has a draw bridge and even four bastions. He even found cannons and model soldiers to put inside of it to represent a siege!

You can make your own fort out of anything from popsicle sticks, to blocks, to cardboard!

To compare the pieces of your fort to the pieces of Fort Stanwix
you can click on the link here:
Fort Description Page 85kb PDF File

How can you discover history in new and fun ways?



 

And you don't have to wait until you come to the Park to have fun, either!
Kids can visit these associated websites with permission of their parents or guardians:

Be a Fort Stanwix Junior Ranger!

National Park Service Web Rangers

NPS LEARN

 
 
NPS Junior Ranger Logo: Learn, Explore, Protect. It sits on a cartoon of a NPS Park Ranger Stetson hat
Hey Kids! Want to become a Junior Ranger?
Links to Ft. Stanwix's For Kids webpages!
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Fort Stanwix NM, our Nation's frontier history
Links to the history pages of Ft. Stanwix website
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Check it out!
You can also be an online Junior Ranger. We call them Web Rangers!
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Did You Know?
Famed American author Herman Melville, who penned such titles as "Moby Dick", was the grandson of American Revolutionary War/Campaign of 1777 hero Col. Peter Gansevoort.
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