Welcome to School Day!
School Day
Friday, March 5, 2027
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
To Register your School or Homeschool Group Contact:
(210) 837-3828
Event Map
Location
Fort Clark Springs is easy to find! Use the address below in your GPS or Smart Phone's Map App. Once you enter the front gate you will be directed to the parking area.
152 McClernand Rd.,
Brackettville, TX, 78832
Explore the Event
Free Entry & Free Parking
The event is free to everyone. Parking is generally $5 but is FREE for school buses and homeschool groups attending the event on Friday.
You are welcome to bring sack lunches to the event. There will be food vendors there both Friday and Saturday and all students and visitors are welcome to purchase their lunch from a vendor with the assistance of their school chaperones.
Food
Friday Schedule - School Day
All historians will be giving presentations as student groups come to them. The following are some special presentations.
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8:30 am: Flag Raising Ceremony (Location: Empty Saddle Statue Flagpole)
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8:30 am - 4:00 pm: Museum Tours for School Groups
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9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Musicians will be performing in the Commissary Building
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9:00 am: Reading of Travis’ Letter, Alamo 1836 (Location: Butcher Block)
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9:00 am - 2:00 pm: Lipan Apache History Presentations by Anita Anaya & Richard Gonzalez (Location: Lipan Apaches Teepee)
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10:00 am: Flag Raising/Lowering/Casing Instruction (Location: Empty Saddle Statue Flagpole)
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Music by: Michael "Human Juke Box" Clancy (Location: Butcher Block)
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11:00 am: Travis’ Letter, Alamo 1836 (Location: Butcher Block)
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11:00 am: Drumming by Lipan Men (Location: Lipan Apaches Camp)
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11:30 am: Eagle Dance, Eli Xavier Armenta | Location: Lipan Apaches Camp
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2:00 pm: Flag Raising/Lowering/Casing Instruction (Location: Empty Saddle Statue Flagpole)
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2:00 am - 4:00 pm: Music by: Michael "Human Juke Box" Clancy (Location: Butcher Block)
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3:00 pm: Reading of Travis’s Letter, Alamo 1836 (Location: Butcher Block)
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4:00 pm: Flag Lowering Ceremony (Location: Empty Saddle Statue Flagpole)
**With more than 40 possible presentations, we ask school groups to please rotate through the different ‘stations’ every 20 minutes: on the hour, 20 minutes past, and 20 minutes till.
Please visit our many Living Historians throughout the entire Fort Clark Days event, so they may share their stories & the past with each of you!
Check Out this Student Project
Students from Robert Mumme's class at Lytle High School created the YouTube videos below with scenes from Fort Clark Days several years ago. What an awesome way take their experiences from Fort Clark Days School Day back to the classroom to learn even more!