Events

We are doing this program with the help from Mrs. Josetta at DOA and are working out the program details with here.  The date and time are already confirmed on her calendar, we just have to plan for the subject matter with her.

Join us at Fort Jesup in celebration of the El Camino Real Day.  Guests will learn about the original El Camino Real as it travelled through the area around what is now Fort Jesup SHS, as well as the history of the original Old Soldier's Road and Highway 6 as it moved to the Spanish…

Guests are invited out to join Fort Jesup staff in a fall tea and a discussion on the history and dangers of dyes and paints.  If you have ever heard the phrase “mad as a hatter” or wondered what was meant by the idea of green arsenic, join us at Fort Jesup to learn about…

Guests are invited to join staff members and Folk Artist Christy Castille over a pot of tea to learn the craft of needle tatting.  Kits will be available from the Folk Artist upon request, if guests are interested in trying their hand at the craft.  There will also be a discussion of the history of…

Join the staff at Fort Jesup as they discuss the different methods of preparation that went into the winter holidays and traveling.  From getting your homes and buildings ready for winter, to historically correct menus and gifts, learn how the holidays were celebrated when you had to be prepared ahead of time due to travel…