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.

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) ...

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. ...

MinnPost photo by Steve Date Houses on Officers Row, Fort Snelling. The National Park Service covers a 72-mile segment of the river from near Anoka to south of Hastings.

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 ...

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 ...

While Flags for Fort Snelling was able to return to the cemetery this year, they still had to follow some precautions due to the pandemic. Malmstedt said they typically have about 8,000 volunteers ...

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 ...

Fort Snelling State Park has reopened after being closed for weeks due to flooding 02:08. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Warmer weather and clear skies made way for Fort Snelling State Park to reopen on ...

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 ...