Katherine Lacaze
ABOVE: Fort Stevens State Park off ers walking trails as well as truck tours, a museum and a disc
golf course. RIGHT: The Summer’s End Festival will raise funds for the continued upkeep of the
historic guardhouse at Fort Stevens State Park.
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Samantha Hollo, a park ranger and
co-coordinator of the Summer’s End Fes-
tival, is excited for the opportunity to edu-
cate park visitors on the fort’s history,
reaching new audiences who may be dis-
covering the park for the fi rst time.
The festival is a fundraiser that will
enable the park to continue making essen-
tial repairs to a historic 1911 guardhouse.
It is the only guardhouse in the U.S. that
retains its original design and is also
accessible to the public. (The other two
are located in Yellowstone National Park
and Everglades National Park.)
Once used for park programming as
well as activities and tours, old age is now
taking its toll on the structure. Addition-
ally, a microburst earlier this year took off
a portion of the roof. “It’s becoming struc-
turally unsound,” Hollo said, adding that
the guardhouse is now boarded up and no
longer open to the public.
The Friends of Old Fort Stevens,
whose mission is to support the pres-
ervation and restoration of the historic
aspects of the park, has written grants for
the restoration, but it’s a large fi nancial
undertaking.
Because the building is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, there
are numerous specifi cations surround-
ing repairs that require specialized labor,
materials and equipment. “You have to be
historically accurate,” Hollo said of the
requirements.
The festival will feature a variety of
local vendors selling food, drinks and
other goods. There will also be a kids’
zone, with activities and games for young
festival attendees.
For the fi rst time, Battery Pratt will
serve as a stage for a lineup of local and
regional bands. The battery’s cement
walls make for great acoustics. “It’s the
perfect stadium,” Allen said.
Kami Allen, one of the organizers of the Summer’s
End Festival, holds up a ticket for the event.
On Saturday, Brownsmead Flats will
play at 1 p.m., followed by UNLEASHED
at 3 p.m., Roostipher at 5 p.m., Barney 9
Fingers at 6 p.m. and The Out-Patientz at
7 p.m.
Sunday’s lineup will begin with a
1 p.m. performance by Jacquie Roar, fol-
lowed by selections from Jared Dustin
Griffi n at 3 p.m., Adams & Costello at
4 p.m., Wil Kinky at 5 p.m. and Lace
+ Thorn at 7 p.m. 94.9 The Bridge will
broadcast the live music lineup and play
songs in between the sets.
In conjunction with the festival, All
Day Disc Golf will present a disc golf
tournament, using a course that was put
in at the park in 2019. Approximately
150 people have registered for the sin-
gles tournament, and festival visitors are
invited to watch. “It will be a lot happen-
ing right here,” Allen said.
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