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On Saturday evening, January 6, 2024, Old Fort Niagara will host the return of the much asked for Twelfth Night Ball. Among the “Twelve Days of Christmas” the twelfth day – also known as Epiphany, the Feast Day of the Three Kings, or the Feast Day of the Magi – corresponds to the arrival of […]
Old Fort Niagara assumes a particularly festive air during the holiday season. See the old fort dressed up in candlelight!
Old Fort Niagara assumes a particularly festive air during the holiday season. See the old fort dressed up in candlelight!
Old Fort Niagara assumes a particularly festive air during the holiday season. See the old fort dressed up in candlelight!
Reenactors bring the War of 1812 to life as they garrison the fort. At 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Dr. Richard V. Barbuto will present a special talk on the 1813 Campaign. Ongoing Program Activities: (both days unless otherwise noted) Early 19th Century Soldier Life; Field Surgeon; Military Music, Blacksmithing (Sunday only); Laundry; Dress-Making/Tailoring; Silversmithing; Cooking & Foodways; […]
Reenactors bring the War of 1812 to life as they garrison the fort. At 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Dr. Richard V. Barbuto will present a special talk on the 1813 Campaign. Ongoing Program Activities: (both days unless otherwise noted) Early 19th Century Soldier Life; Field Surgeon; Military Music, Blacksmithing (Sunday only); Laundry; Dress-Making/Tailoring; Silversmithing; Cooking & Foodways; […]
Old Fort Niagara's very own Fife and Drum Corps. will be playing a variety of historic songs while you tour the fort after ours. Learn all about the entertaining and practical purpose these military musicians played in the 18th and early 19th century.
Join us May 27 -28 10am to 4pm and stroll through over 400 years of military history. Enjoy special displays and demonstrations, military vehicles, military rations, tentage, uniforms and equipment. Program Schedule: 10:30 a.m. Colors Ceremony 11:00 a.m. Five Centuries of Military Uniforms Noon Artillery Firing Demonstration 1:00 p.m. Military Music 2:00 p.m. Women in […]
Join us May 27 -28 10am to 4pm and stroll through over 400 years of military history. Enjoy special displays and demonstrations, military vehicles, military rations, tentage, uniforms and equipment. Program Schedule: 10:30 a.m. Colors Ceremony 11:00 a.m. Five Centuries of Military Uniforms Noon Artillery Firing Demonstration 1:00 p.m. Military Music 2:00 p.m. Women in […]
See the night sky light up over the Niagara River! Visit us for a brand new program after hours. The evening skies explode with “The Civil War Guns”. Stroll through a Civil War camp and experience the “shock and awe” of the big guns of the Civil War. Reynolds’ Battery is your host as you […]
Old Fort Niagara will host its first Smoke Dance competition, Native Nations at Niagara, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The Smoke Dance was originally a Haudenosaunee war dance, primarily danced by men, but has expanded within competition dance to include and highlight female dancers. Old Fort Niagara will be welcoming local and nationwide competitors to […]
Sip a beer while touring Old Fort Niagara at sunset. Guests can purchase and taste the brews from Brickyard Brewing Company of Lewiston, NY. Walk the fortifications at your leisure and ask a soldier questions about the fort’s past as the sun sets over Lake Ontario. Most of all, enjoy a nice date night evening […]
Watch as the twilight sky is filled with “blasts from the past” as the fort’s soldiers use their ordnance to educate and entertain visitors. A special brand new evening program at Old Fort Niagara. Visit the fort after hours and see the flashes and blasts from 18th century artillery. Learn all about the historic arsenal […]
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