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A Fair Day's Wage

Four people dressed in Civil War uniforms firing a 12# Mountain Howitzer. Smoke and flames are coming out of the barrel.
Mountain Howitzer Firing

NPS Photo: C. Brenner

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News Release Date: August 30, 2021

Contact: Carl Brenner, 620-223-0310

Saturday, September 4 through Monday, September 6, 2021, Fort Scott National Historic Site will take you on an exploration of the sights, sounds, and smells behind the Labors creating the “Crack Post on the Frontier”. Labor Day weekend activities include artillery demonstrations, historic cooking, bread making, construction skill demonstrations, and a variety of interpretive programs. Visit with soldiers, laundress, and an officer and his wife and find out if everyone earned a fair day's wage. All programs are free and open to the public. Saturday,

September 4.

  • Living History stations are available throughout the day

  • 10:00 am - Guided Fort Tour

  • 11:00 am - Artillery Demonstration

  • Noon - Historic Construction Demonstration

  • 1:00 pm – Guided Fort Tour

  • 2:00 pm - Artillery Demonstration

  • 3:00 pm- Artillery Demonstration

  • 4:00 pm - Flag Retreat


Sunday, September 5

  • 10:00 am – Guided Fort Tour

  • 11:00 am - Artillery Demonstration

  • 1:00 pm – Guided Fort Tour

  • 2:00 pm - Artillery Demonstration

  • 3:00 pm - Artillery Demonstration

  • 4:00 pm - Flag Retreat


Monday September 6

  • 10:00 am – Guided Fort Tour

  • 11:00 am - Artillery Demonstration

  • 1:00 pm – Guided Fort Tour

  • 2:00 pm - Artillery Demonstration

  • 3:00 pm - Crack Post of the Frontier - Construction Tour of Fort Scott

  • 4:00 pm - Flag Retreat

The National Park Service currently requires that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask in all federal buildings and outside when others are present and physical distancing (staying at least six feet apart) cannot be maintained.



Three men dressed in infantry uniforms preparing bread in the bakehouse.
Baking Bread

NPS Photo

A female volunteer dressed as a laundress hanging laundry on a clothes line.
A laundress hanging clothes

NPS Photo

Last updated: August 31, 2021

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Fort Scott, KS 66701

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620 223-0310

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