Confluence Learning Lab: Barracks Boot Camp

July Learning Lab: Barracks Boot Camp
Join us at the Confluence Learning Lab! This FREE program invites children ages 8+ and families to step into the world of the 19th-century frontier through engaging, hands-on activities and interactive learning.
This month's Learning Lab takes participants to Fort Buford for Barracks Boot Camp, where they'll experience what life was really like for a U.S. Army soldier stationed on the Northern Plains. Young recruits will learn about the daily routines, discipline, and teamwork that kept a frontier post running as they make their own military bunk, practice marching drills, send messages using Morse code, and explore the equipment and skills soldiers relied on every day. Along the way, they'll discover how military life was about much more than drills and battles, it was about cooperation, responsibility, and adapting to life on the frontier.
Perfect for curious minds of all ages, this program combines history, teamwork, and hands-on experimentation to give participants a fun and memorable glimpse into life inside the barracks at Fort Buford.
This free, family-friendly event is part of the ND250 commemoration celebrating our nation's 250th birthday.