[MCN] Join us for the 40th Annual 4th of July Celebration at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

[Development Director]

40th Annual 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION & PANCAKE BREAKFAST

AT THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM AT FORT MISSOULA

 

The Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula are getting ready for
Missoula's 40th Annual, Old-Fashioned, 4th of July Celebration, on Monday,
July 4.  The pancake breakfast, put on by The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (for the benefit of the Friends), kicks off the
celebration from 8:00 until 11:00.

Admission is $5/adults, $3/seniors, $2/students, and $15/family Children
6/under and HMFM members are free.  The Pancake Breakfast: $5/adult or
$15/family (include admission for the day). 

Festivities begin at 10am and include: musical entertainment by Cherry Creek
Radio, The Jolly Jammers, Kevin Van Dort, & the Balled in Burlap group. 

Additional offerings include:




*         model trains & ham radios

*         Ollie the Osprey will be stopping by! 

*         old-fashioned children's games

*         bounce houses 

*         food trucks & cold beer

*         a scavenger hunt (for adults, too)

*         living history tours of the lookout, schoolhouse, Drummond Depot,
Trolley barn, & locomotive

*         historic steam-engine sawmill demos 

*         antique engine displays and Msla Fire Trucks

*         historical surveying and MT Genealogy 

*         craft vendors

*         horse-drawn wagon rides

*         special goings all day at the Homestead Cabin with games, hands-on
activities, and demonstrators 

*         miniature ponies and farm animals! 

*         The party goes on rain or shine. Please watch for road
construction and detours. Follow the signs and remember all roads lead to
fun here at the Historical Museum! 

*         Additionally, this year exhibitors with the Northwest Regional
Antique Tractor and Engine Show will be displaying their amazing machines.
A Birthday Party for the 1916 Case Steam Engine will be held at 11:30am.

*         A Welcoming Ceremony, at 12:00pm, will celebrate America's
Independence Day with singing of the National Anthem and a presentation of
the flag by VFW Post 209 and American Legion Hellgate Post 27 Honor Guards.

*         Don't forget to stop by the HMFM Membership table and enter to win
a Montana Camping raffle prize donated by Cabela's! 

*         Swing into the main museum building for the Grand Opening of the
postcard exhibit: To and From Missoula. 

*         And while you're enjoying the events, walk the new WWII Alien
Detention Camps Interpretive Trail.

Premiere sponsors are Cherry Creek Radio, Tractor Supply Company in Lolo,
Pierce Flooring and Design, Hospice Care Foundation, Pepsi-Cola, and
Missoula Broadcast Company (U104.5 and Trail 103.3).  

Additional sponsors are: Rockin Rudy's, Good Food Store, Murdoch's Home and
Ranch Supply, OZ Architects, SignPro, K Design Marketing, Montana Ace,
Cabela's, US Bank, A&E Architects, and Mike's Print and Copy.

 

Jessie Rogers

Development 

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula

406-728-3476, ext. 5

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"History is not a burden on the memory, but an illumination of the soul!"
--- Lord Acton

 

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