Programs & Events
Fort Verde State Historic Park
Fort Verde's Living History Presentation- Commissary of Subsistence: A Bite to Eat
Friday August 15, 2025 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Join our Living History Volunteers and learn about the food furnished by the Army Commissary of Subsistence Department to the troops at Fort Verde.
Fort Verde's Living History Presentation- Workin' on the Road
Saturday September 20, 2025 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Did you know that Infantry Troops were used to build roads? This program will feature a camp set up by a detail from Fort Verde to do maintenance on the road to Fort Apache.
Fort Verde Days
October 11-12, 2025 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Fort Verde Days serves as the Town of Camp Verde's annual homecoming and celebrates the military post around which the town grew. There will be flag-raising and lowering ceremonies, artillery demonstrations, living history presentations with re-enactors, Dutch oven cooking demonstrations, and military drills.
A Haunting at the Fort
Saturday, October 25 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
A Haunting at the Fort- Let’s get spooky! This ghostly lantern lit walk will give you a chance to get a glimpse of the fort after hours, hear some ghost stories, and visit with those who still call the fort home…even after 150 years.
Living History Day at Fort Verde
Saturday, November 15, 2025 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Did you know that many famous mountain men were Army Scouts? Learn about the knowledge that made these men excellent Scouts for the military and what it took to survive out here as a mountain man.
Victorian Christmas at Fort Verde State Historic Park
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Celebrate the holidays with Fort Verde State Historic Park when we decorate the fort with Victorian-style holiday decorations.
