This educational program explores the early Native American, French, British and American history of the Niagara Region. Topics include Haudenoaunee history and culture, guard a fort, musket and cannon firings, historic clothing, women's roles at a military fort and more. Register your class by contacting Marlene Wessel at 716-745-7611 x 223 or via email at [email protected]

Admission for this special program is $15.00 per person (teachers are free). Your school may be eligible for a grant from Ladders to the Outdoors that covers admission and transportation costs. Here is how-

1. Book your tour with Old Fort Niagara (see above)

2. Apply to Ladders to the Outdoors https://parks.ny.gov/environment/ladders-to-the-outdoors.aspx

3. If accepted, you will receive a confirmation code from Ladders to the Outdoors.

4. Bring the confirmation when you visit the fort and present it at the admissions desk.

LEARNING STATIONS INCLUDE:

Engineering: How to Lay Out a Fort.

The Chemistry of Gunpowder

The Physics of Artillery

The Story of Elizabeth Gilbert

Join the Guard

The Fur Trade on the Great Lakes

18th Century Laundry

Musket Firing Demonstration

Learn the Manual Exercise (Drill)

Become a Voyaguer

Native Dance and Song

An Artillery Firing at 12:15 p.m. will conclude the formal program.