Fort Talkers: The History of Indigenous Military Service

Indigenous people of the United States have participated in every war or military conflict in our country’s history and have the highest rates of military service in proportion to every other ethnic group in the country. In Virginia, Tribes have a deep history of military service that goes back to before the Revolutionary War.

Join Russell Reed a living history interpreter, Army National Guard veteran, and an Atakapa of Louisiana descendent, for a talk about the complex history of Indigenous military service.

Can’t Join in Person? Watch live on the Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort Facebook Page.

FREE, No Registration Required.

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• This Saturday, 30th August, 01:00 pm, Summer Tour: Shifting Sands A Journey Through Time on This Spit of Land in Fort Monroe
• This Sunday, 31st August, 10:00 am, The Fort Monroe Canoe Project in Fort Monroe
• Next Wednesday, 3rd September, 09:30 am, Fort Friends Coastal Clean Up! in Fort Monroe