As the sun set Sunday night, visitors at Fort Kearny State Historical Park watched re-enactors with C Battery 3rd U.S. Artillery fire one of several replica Civil War era canons as part of Memorial Day weekend events at the park. Night firings usually are done only on Labor Day weekend.
Visitors at Fort Kearny State Historical Park watch re-enactors Sunday evening as C Battery, 3rd U.S. Artillery, fires one of several replica Civil War-era cannons as part of Memorial Day weekend events at the park. Night firings usually are done only on Labor Day weekend.
Re-enactors load a cannon Sunday night as the setting sun turns the western sky to pale orange.
LORI POTTER, courtesy photo
Keith Klatt of Campbell and his pair of 12-year-old horses, half-Belgian and half-quarter horse, added a new feature to Sunday night's firing of replica Civil War era canons at Fort Kearny Historical Park by transporting two of the canons to the firing site.
LORI POTTER, courtesy photo
Paul Shaneyfelt and Jason Beetem talk about cannons and their experience at the Living History event at Fort Kearney on Memorial Day weekend 2024.
As the sun set Sunday night, visitors at Fort Kearny State Historical Park watched re-enactors with C Battery 3rd U.S. Artillery fire one of several replica Civil War era canons as part of Memorial Day weekend events at the park. Night firings usually are done only on Labor Day weekend.
Keith Klatt of Campbell and his pair of 12-year-old horses, half-Belgian and half-quarter horse, added a new feature to Sunday night's firing of replica Civil War era canons at Fort Kearny Historical Park by transporting two of the canons to the firing site.
