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Fort Mackinac Opening Day
May 3 @ 9:00 am
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Mackinac Island’s iconic Fort Mackinac opens for the 2024 season with a cannon blast at 9:00 a.m.! Demonstrations and tours by costumed interpreters are scheduled throughout the day. Exciting programs taking place throughout the 2024 season include cannon and rifle firing demonstrations, the popular drill program, a tour exploring the army of the 1880s, a detailed look at Mackinac during its time as a national park, a “Medicine at Mackinac” program, a program exploring what a soldier would have been issued in the late 1880s, a Guard Mount Ceremony, Dress Parade, and more!
Adult $16.25; Child $9.75