Although the Dred and Harriet Scott are the most well-known slaves to have resided at Fort Snelling, they were far from the only ones. Slavery was a fact of life at the fort for many years.

Each year, they have gathered at Fort Snelling Cemetery to adorn headstones with nearly 200,000 Flags for Memorial Day. The heartfelt tradition was brought back just 10 year ago with a modest ...

Historic Fort Snelling is very important to me – it is very important to a great many people, for a multitude of reasons. Let’s stand together to agree that it must be revitalized. ...

Fort Snelling was also the original home of the Old Guard, 3rd Infantry before it was moved to Arlington National Cemetery. Every Sunday there is an 11:00 service where our veterans and military ...

Fort Snelling building 18 is the historic cavalry barracks, a building the Minnesota Historical Society plans to restore. (Photo by Brady Willette, courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society) ...

The Fort Snelling stop is McGill's first visit to Minnesota for the Slave Dwelling Project. He started sleeping in slave quarters and educating people about them because they were often ...

Fort Snelling sits at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, which the Dakota people called "Bdote." But visitor signs at the fort using the word "Bdote" have some lawmakers upset.

North Star Scouting's new Leadership Center at Fort Snelling is a facility where scouts and visitors are able to spend time and participate in various programs. Expand to read more Morgan Sheff If ...

Thousands gather to place flags on 195,000 headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, a decade-long tradition started by Joanne Malmstedt. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Fort Snelling State Park will reopen on Friday after it was closed for weeks due to flooding. The park closed on June 22 due to flooding on the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.

The State Capitol may be grander and more iconic. But Historic Fort Snelling is arguably Minnesota's most historically important spot. On the bluff above the confluence of the Mississippi and ...