• large wooden spikes jut out from a large wooden angular wall lit by sunlight. verdant grass surrounds it.

    Fort Stanwix

    National Monument New York

Go Fly a Kite!

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Date: September 29, 2008
Contact: Val Morgan, 315-336-4448

Is your family looking for something fun to do outdoors on an autumn afternoon? On Sunday, October 5th, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. grab a kite and join park staff on the west lawn of Fort Stanwix National Monument for a couple of hours of outdoor fun. “The goal of the program is to get families out into the fresh air in the last weeks before the cold Central NY winds start blowing, which forces many people in for the winter,” says Park Ranger Valerie Morgan. Families also have the opportunity to make a kite at the park to fly as well as to learn the history of kites in the United States and from around the world. There is no registration for the program, and as with all of the programs offered at the park, it is free of charge. In the event of rain, the program will be postponed until the spring.

Fort Stanwix National Monument is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Admission to the park is free. Activities are ongoing unless noted. For more information about upcoming events please call the park at (315)338-7730. Please visit the park’s web page at www.nps.gov/fost for additional information about the park and up-to-date news about park events.


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Did You Know?

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In the 18th century it was possible to travel to the interior of North America almost entirely by water. Fort Stanwix was built to protect the largest break in this chain, the Oneida Carrying Place. This was a 1-6 mile long portage area situated between the Mohawk River and Wood Creek in New York. More...