Discover America's Original Fort Knox - Prospect, Maine
2024 Upcoming Events
FoFK Member Appreciation Social
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
2 to 5pm
Before officially opening to the public, Friends of Fort Knox welcomes current members (and a guest – new members can register on site) to join the Board of Directors for the 2024 Member Appreciation Social and Annual Meeting. Enjoy light appetizers, finger foods, and drinks during the social hour with FoFK Board Members followed by optional ‘backstage’ VIP tours of the Fort Knox Historic Site featuring recent improvements and planned restoration/preservation projects for 2024. If you have never been atop the Observatory, please RSVP and come be our guest. What attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year? Come see what we’re all about!
10th Annual Bridge the Gap Race
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
9 - 11am
Held since 2012, Bridge the Gap is an Eastern Maine spring road race tradition! This year we'll be working with Main Street Bucksport to bring this important event to our community. Start at Fort Knox, go across our amazing bridge, then take the 10-mile or 3-mile route. 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: defymca.org/Bridge-the-Gap
Fort Knox - Park Day Cleanup
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
10am to 4pm
Friends of Fort Knox open invitation to help clean the grounds to promote, spark community interest and prepare for opening day. About 30-50 volunteers help with routine maintenance as part of the national annual Historic Park Clean-up Day organized by The American Battlefield Trust. Rain date is Sunday April 28th. Volunteers receive snacks/drinks.
Ghost of Fort Knox
Guided Tours
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
8pm-11:59pm
Skeptics and believers will both enjoy joining the various Ghost Hunting Investigators on an after-hours tour through the dark passages of Fort Knox in search of ghosts and paranormal phenomena. Guests become part of a paranormal investigation using high-tech night vision and sensor equipment to discover what goes bump in the night.
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Fort Knox and Observatory
Opening Day!
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
9 to 5pm
How can you tell spring has sprung and summer is coming? The wrought iron gate to Fort Knox is open and the observatory elevator is bringing visitors up 420 feet to look out of the surrounding windows for gorgeous panoramic views of mid-coast Maine. See for yourself on May 1st as both the Fort Knox Historic Site and Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory (PNO) mark the Opening Day for the 2024 Season.
School of the Civil War Soldier
Saturday, May 4th
10 to 4pm
Visitors walk among members from the 20th Maine Infantry Company B and 15th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company A in a period accurate encampment as they conduct training in marching, Manual of Arms drills and firing rifles and cannons as well as civilian activities. The 20th Maine and 15th Alabama soldiers return in July to join the 3rd Maine Infantry and 6th Maine Artillery for the weeklong Fort Knox Civil War Living History Days. Interested in joining with a living history unit and becoming a soldier? Contact FoFK to learn how to enlist and train during the School of the Civil War Soldier.
School of the Civil War Soldier
Saturday, May 18th
10 to 4pm
Visitors walk among members from the 20th Maine Infantry Company B and 15th Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company A in a period accurate encampment as they conduct training in marching, Manual of Arms drills and firing rifles and cannons as well as civilian activities. The 20th Maine and 15th Alabama soldiers return in July to join the 3rd Maine Infantry and 6th Maine Artillery for the weeklong Fort Knox Civil War Living History Days. Interested in joining with a living history unit and becoming a soldier? Contact FoFK to learn how to enlist and train during the School of the Civil War Soldier.
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