Old Fort Niagara Colonial Christmas

OLD FORT NIAGARA HOSTS
A COLONIAL CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT

YOUNGSTOWN, NY – This holiday season discover Old Fort Niagara by candlelight and adorned with seasonal greenery. For four nights in December visitors to Old Fort Niagara will experience the holidays as they were celebrated in early America. Historical characters will bring Christmas past alive with 18th and 19th century holiday recipes and portrayals of colonial-era people. The Fort will be open from 7 p.m. through 8:30 p.m. on these Friday and Saturday evenings on December 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th.

The historic French Castle, built in 1726, will be decorated for the holidays by the Youngstown Garden Club and illuminated entirely by candles. The highpoint of the evenings will be the traditional “firing of the Christmas guns” every half hour.

Tickets to “A Colonial Christmas by Candlelight” are $8.00 per person, and will be available at the door. Guests can arrive at the Fort Niagara Visitor Center at anytime between 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and are asked to dress for the weather, wear walking footwear and bring a flashlight.

Old Fort Niagara is located in Youngstown, NY and 14 miles north of Niagara Falls via the Robert Moses Parkway North. The Fort opens at 9 a.m. daily year round and is open until 5 p.m. during the winter months. Admissions end at 4:30 p.m. The Fort is closed December 25th and January 1st. Old Fort Niagara is a National Landmark and State Historic site operated by the Old Fort Niagara Association, a not-for-profit organization, in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.