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Captain Napoleon B. Greer. Commanding Officer
Company I, 30th Wisconsin |
Each year during Labor Day weekend Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site hosts their annual Living History Weekend and Last Bell Tours. This is a time when Fur Trade Living Historians portray what life was like at Fort Union the post during it's time of operation (1828-1867. The post is reconstructed to the year 1851). Throughout the weekend the public gets to interact with the Living Historians and learn more about the site. On Saturday of that weekend the site hosts its Last Bell Tours in which the public go in tour groups, starting at dusk, through five or so stations around the site to learn about a historic event that took place at Fort Union. This year, along with Fort Union's fur trade history, visitors will also get to learn about some of the brief military history that occurred there, focusing on Company I of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry, stationed there from June 1864 until May of 1865.
If you are a military Living Historian interested in being a part of the 30th Wisconsin, Company I, we are now accepting registration applications, which will be reviewed for acceptance.
Participation in Company I of the 30th Wisconsin is by INVITATION ONLY. THERE WILL BE NO "WALK ONS" ACCEPTED. We are striving for authenticity and quality for this event. Click on the "
Event Standards" tab above to see what is needed and required.
REGISTRATION FOR THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS CLOSED ON AUGUST 5, 2016.
Living History Weekend and Last Bell Tours will take place September 3-5, 2016 at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site.
