Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument

Concert under the Stars with Country Music Star, Michael Martin Murphey

Saturday, September 3rd Starting at 3:30 pm The Friends of the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument will host a concert by country music legend, Michael Martin Murphey. An inductee of the Western Music Hall of Fame, his song Wildfire is one of the most played songs in radio history. The event will begin at 3:30 pm with an auction of over 130 Native American and Western collectibles led by auctioneer Bruce Burnham of the R.B. Burnham & Co. Trading Post. Germantown rugs, a Navajo-style of rug that originated during the 1860s’ Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment at Bosque Redondo Reservation, will be among the items auctioned. Auction items will be available for private preview at the Memorial prior to the auction. The auction will be followed by a chuck wagon-style dinner hosted by Cattle Call from Amarillo, Texas at 5 pm. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm. This event is for the entire family, so bring out your lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy this exciting event.

Proceeds from the concert and auction will help fund a new exhibition at the Bosque Redondo Memorial that tells the story of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment at the site during the 1860s. Concert tickets are $50/adult, $25/children and include dinner and auction admission.

For ticket sales, please visit www.bosqueredondomemorial.com or 575-355-7575.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: 575-355-2573, or visit www.nmmonuments.org

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Known from 1863-1868 as the Bosque Redondo Reservation, the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument represents a tragic history. As settlers came to the New Mexico Territory, they met resistance from Native people. In 1863 the U.S. Army forced hundreds of Mescalero Apache and thousands of Navajo people to march into captivity. The 450-mile march across New Mexico from their native lands to the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation is known by the Navajo as “The Long Walk”. The reservation was known as “H’weeldi”, meaning place of suffering. The “Forced Walk” by the Mescalero Apache people ended when they eluded guards in 1865. For the Navajo people, three years passed and many died before they returned to their homelands after the Treaty of 1868 acknowledged Navajo sovereignty. The Memorial features exhibitions, self-led audio tours, a learning center, interpretive trail, and gift shop.

INFORMATION TO PUBLIC:

Children 16 and younger free. Sundays free for NM residents with ID. Wednesdays free for NM resident senior citizens (60+) with ID. Free for school groups, Museum of NM Foundation and Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial members. Single visit, $5.00.

Open Wednesday - Monday, 8:30 am – 5 pm. Closed Tuesdays. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter.

BOSQUE REDONDO MEMORIAL AT FORT SUMNER STATE MONUMENT IS A NEW MEXICO STATE MONUMENT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.

Please visit www.bosqueredondomemorial.com for more information.