Cavalry reenactors on horseback ride toward the camera with historic buildings in the background at the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival. Fort Sisseton Historic State Park, South Dakota.

Marching Back in Time

Episode 7

The thunder of musket fire. The lilt of a fiddle. The rattle of a drum. The crackle of a campfire. These are the sounds you’ll hear at the annual Fort Sisseton Historical Festival, a one-of-a-kind celebration of 19th-century military life on the frontier. But we’re not just here to watch. We’re in it!