Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Fort Bayard Days 092218
Fort Bayard Days 092218
Members of American Legion Post 18 Honor Guard Leon Edwards, Al Wranek and Wally Eggebraaten prepare to post the colors
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Eggebraaten and Wranek unfold the American flag
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Don Spann of the Marine Corps League plays the Call to Colors, as Ben Collins salutes
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
The flag is going up
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Spann and Rocky Hildebrand pose
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Members of the Border Patrol Lordsburg Explorers Post 883 are, from left, Andres Padilla, Jadaniah Tarpley, Jose Gomez and Evangelina Botelo.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
One of the re-enactors Ken Dusenberry describes his role as a teller of tall tales.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Representing trappers, Dennis Murati sets up his camp. He represents James T. Kirker
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Demonstrating drills and on the canon, Debbie Grace attends from the Artillery Company of New Mexico of Albuquerque.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
The cannon
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
a camp
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
The field hospital has medical tools from Gettysburg, collected by Scott Koons' late mother, a nurse.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
A flag from 1866, when Fort Bayard began.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Items on display
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
The Explorers' logo
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
An overview of part of the camp
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Patricia Kiddney of El Paso shows the wares of a fancy woman.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Scott Koons and his daughter Nita
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Marilyn Weaver portraying Mrs. McGann and Rosie Griggs representing a washerwoman, one of those who followed the soldiers.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Victoria Davis represents Fort Stanton
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
A medical demonstration
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Ansel Walters represents Capt. Beyers of the 9th Cavalry
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Prince G. McKenzie, at right, of the El Paso Railroad Museum talks to the Koons father and daughter about the days of the railroad.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Gold Star Mother Mary Cowan promotes Wreaths Across America, which will take place Dec. 15 at Fort Bayard National Cemetery.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Doug Hocking of the Cochise County Corral of Westerners International promotes the organization and his books.
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Fort Bayard Days 092218
Dr. John Bell represents the medical personnel who practiced at Fort Bayard.
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Fort Bayard Days returned to Fort Bayard National Landmark after a two-year hiatus. Speakers, a ball, vintage baseball, concerts, demonstrations and tours took place throughout the 2 1/2 day-event.