Memorial Day at Fort Pickens: A Living History Special Event

Gulf Islands National Seashore, in partnership with the Walton Guard, will host a living history event Monday, May 29 at Fort Pickens in celebration of Memorial Day.

Rangers and volunteers will present special programs about soldiers stationed at the fort during the Civil War as well as commemorative programs for Memorial Day. 

All programs are free and open to the public.

Schedule of Programs:

10:30 am
School of the Soldier:
Musket Firing Demonstration
Meet at the Fort Pickens Bookstore

12:00 pm
Raising the United States Flag to Full Staff
Meet at the Fort Pickens Flagpole

2:00 pm
Garrison of Freedom:
Fort Pickens Program
Meet at the Fort Pickens Bookstore

3:00 pm
National Moment of Remembrance
Meet at the Fort Pickens Flagpole

3:30 pm
School of the Soldier:
Musket Firing Demonstration
Meet at the Fort Pickens Bookstore

4:30 pm
Lower the United States Flag
Meet at the Fort Pickens Flagpole

In honor of all fallen United States service members, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as Memorial Day, national day for the people of the United States to observe and unite in peace.  The Congress, by Public Law 106-579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of Remembrance.

About Gulf Islands National Seashore: Created in 1971, the national seashore stretches 160 miles along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Florida and Mississippi, and includes barrier islands, maritime forests, historic forts, bayous, and marine habitat. Visit us at www.nps.gov/GulfIslands, on Facebook www.facebook.com/GulfIslandsNPS, Twitter www.twitter.com/GulfIslands_NPS, and Instagram www.instagram.com/GulfIslandsNPS.

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