Courtesy/National Park Service

NPS News:

WATROUS — Fort Union National Monument announces its Fort Fashions & Pastimes programs to be held Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14.

The free programs will feature 1800s clothing styles, leisure activities, and how both related to economics and social structures of the time. Living history staff and volunteers will portray soldier and civilian life.

The two daily formal presentations are about 45-minutes long with seating available:

• 10 a.m. – Fort Fashions & Pastimes presentation; and
• 1 p.m. – Fort Fashions & Pastimes presentation.

Fort Union National Monument is west of Watrous. Take exit 366 off I-25 and follow N.M. 161 eight miles west to the Monument. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/foun or contact the park at 505.425.8025, ext. 0. The site, programs and events are free.