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April 2022
American Battlefield Trust Park Day
On Saturday, April 9, The Fort Towson Historic Site is participating in the American Battlefield Trust's annual Park Day event. History enthusiasts from across the country take part in an effort to help keep our nation’s heritage not only preserved but pristine. Since 1996, American Battlefield Trust has sponsored Park Day, an annual hands-on preservation event to help Civil War—and now Revolutionary War and War of 1812—battlefields and historic sites take on maintenance projects large and small. Those interested in…
Find out more »May 2022
Volunteer Training Day
The Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, in partnership with Preservation Oklahoma, will host a volunteer training day on Saturday, May 21, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Have you ever wanted to give tours of a historic house museum? Maybe giving tours is not your cup of tea, but helping with maintaining the splendor of a historic home is more your speed. Or perhaps you would prefer to volunteer for events. This program will cover a number of options…
Find out more »March 2023
Gardens on Blue Hawk Peak gardening group meeting
The Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum has formed a gardening group: "Gardens on Blue Hawk Peak," which will focus on the improvement of the gardens and landscape of the ranch and museum. Everyone is welcome to attend! The group will work on establishing flowerbeds, and shrubs and promote the monarch butterfly, other butterfly species, and insects. They will also be working to reestablish hiking trails along the ranch property. Please attend to learn about Oklahoma native plants that attract and…
Find out more »June 2023
Question-and-answer session for First Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteer Regiment
Fort Gibson Historic Site is calling for interested parties to join its inaugural First Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteer Regiment living history group. Fort Gibson and Honey Springs Battlefield have partnered to develop a regiment to help conduct programming depicting the All-Black Civil War regiment that was instrumental in helping the US Army defeat Confederate forces in Indian Territory, most notably in the Battle of Honey Springs. The First Kansas Colored Infantry was made up of free Black and formerly enslaved…
Find out more »July 2023
Question-and-answer session for First Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteer Regiment
Fort Gibson Historic Site is calling for interested parties to join its inaugural First Kansas Colored Infantry Volunteer Regiment living history group. Fort Gibson and Honey Springs Battlefield have partnered to develop a regiment to help conduct programming depicting the All-Black Civil War regiment that was instrumental in helping the US Army defeat Confederate forces in Indian Territory, most notably in the Battle of Honey Springs. The First Kansas Colored Infantry was made up of free Black and formerly enslaved…
Find out more »September 2023
Volunteer Recruitment Day
The Oklahoma History Center Museum will host an event on Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for anyone interested in volunteering. Attendees can visit with current volunteers, ask questions, and tour the 215,000-square-foot learning center that explores Oklahoma’s unique history. Volunteers serve as gallery hosts, tour guides, class instructors, greeters, special event assistants, collections assistants, research library assistants, archives assistants, and more. The event will take place in the Chesapeake Event Center inside the Oklahoma History Center,…
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