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Tenth Annual Nevadaween |
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Activities at the Nevadaween celebration. |
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DUP Ladies serve birthday cake |
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Pioneer Ladies show off their quilting skills. |
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State Sen. John Lee speaks on the history of the Las Vegas Valley. |
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Tenth Annual Nevadaween |
We had our Tenth Annual Nevadaween on October 31, 2009.
State Senator John Lee was our guest speaker. We had lots of events, activities, birthday cake, and balloons for all of our visitors. |
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Our Annual Soup-Cook Off is always a big hit with visitors! |
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Children decorated these pumpkins in our Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest |
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The Kid Fiddlers provided music for this event. These Kids are great! |
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Settlement Day 2009 |
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We had a Pioneer Breakfast to celebrate the first settlement in the Las Vegas Valley. Friend Ashley Hall coordinated this event - we had flapjacks and dutch oven potatoes and onions. |
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Music was provided by the Nelson Family Band. |
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Everyone had an excellent breakfast. |
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Las Vegas American Civil War Reenactment |
Over Nevada Day weekend, the Southern Nevada Living History Association hosted the largest American Civil War Reenactment in Las Vegas, NV. After you visit the Old Mormon Fort the Saturday of NV Day Weekend, it is worth comming on out to see the afternoon and evening activities of the Reenactment.
It was held in conjunction with the American Civil War Society from Southern California, and Reenactors from across the Southwest United States. We have over 300 participants, including 8 cannons, 16 mounted soldiers and 8 period vendors. Over 4,000 people came out to visit us during the course of the weekend.
You can look at www.acws.net for additional information, or contact SNLHA President Jason Coffey at jayce921@yahoo.com or (702) 254-4277 if you would like to get involved. While we do focus on the American Civil War, we also include Historical Reenacting of various time periods and provide Educational Programs for the School district and the Boy Scouts of America. |
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The Union Infantry rally as the Confedereate Cav run behind them on Sunday afternoon. |
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A reporter from Harper's Weekly watches the Confederate Army defend the Ranch House on Saturday afternoon. |
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The Union Army advances foward to support their Artillery on Saturday. |
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Las Vegas Parades |
These are pictures from the:
Heldorado Days Parade in May 2005
Veteran's Day Parade November 2006
July 4th Parade in Boulder City 2006 |
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The Friends of the Fort "float". The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the Park Staff, and the ACW Reenactors portraying a post-war Unit. |
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The 2006 Veterans Day Parade with the local ACW Reenactors as the "9th US Infantry, Company D". Contact 2nd LT Jason Coffey at jayce921@yahoo.com or (702) 254-4277 for more information. |
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The 2006 Boulder City 4th of July Parade. Union, Confederate, Civilians and even a couple of WW2 Reenactors all showed up to help celebrate our nation's birthday. |
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Soldier's of the Fort |
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These are a few Pictures of the Civil War Reenactors who give their time to provide a Living History program down at the Old Mormon Fort State Park. For more information on the Southern Nevada Living History Association please contact Jason Coffey at jayce921@yahoo.com or (702) 254-4277 for additional information. We are also provide other Historical Reenactors from various time periods, and are honored to work with the local chapters of the Son's of the Union Veterans, Son's of the Confederate Veterans, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Las Vegas Civil War Roundtable. |
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Soldiers of the Fort Volunteers. This is a picture of half the Reenactors who help out for our Living History programs. We represent the 9th US Infantry, Company D after the end of the American Civil War from 1867-1869 actually stationed here. |
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Inside the Fort. This shows the one remaining Tower, most of the front gate, and one of the two partial side walls. The Southeast Tower and part of the East Wall were turned into a rectangular Farm Building after the American Civil War. |
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The Son's of the Union and Confederate Veterans Memorial Day Service at Woodlawn Cemetary every Memorial Day (observed). The SNLHA provided the rifle detail standing in the background. |
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