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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
In this first vignette, visitors to the Fort are greeted by the guard on duty.
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 8 seconds
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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
In this vignette, visitors are mustered in, taking their Oath of Enlistment.
- Duration:
- 4 minutes, 12 seconds
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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
This vignette takes place at the Douglass Farm on April 9, 1842.
- Duration:
- 6 minutes, 17 seconds
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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
In this vignette, two privates share different opinions about the South Pass Expedition of 1845.
- Duration:
- 6 minutes, 58 seconds
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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
In this vignette, Fort Scott Laundresses sing Christmas Carols and a Private is chased from the scene.
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 58 seconds
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Fort Scott National Historic Site presents its Annual Candlelight Tour the first weekend in December. Visitor experiences differ each year as vignettes, staff and volunteer performers, and the weather changes. This year's tour had clear skies, ~1000 candles, 6 new vignettes, and 40+ volunteers.
In this last vignette, visitors muster out.
- Duration:
- 7 minutes, 26 seconds
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This video presents Fort Scott's 2020 candlelight tour virtually with six scenes.
- Duration:
- 39 minutes
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