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Exhibits Feature Anne Frank Story, History of Long Walk
with Fort Sumner Monument & Sumner Lake State Park Nearby...
Original Article Provided by New Mexico State Monuments - www.nmmonuments.org (http://www.nmmonuments.org/) and expanded by Steppin' Out<br>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Bosque_Redondo_State_Monument.jpg border=1 vspace=10 align=center><br>
Fort Sumner, New Mexico- A compelling exhibition depicting anti-Semitism, racism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide told through the story of Anne Frank, will be on display at Bosque Redondo State Monument at Fort Sumner from April 4 through May 11, 2007. The opening reception will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm on April 3rd. The monument is open 7 days a week after April 1, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Through the end of March, the site is closed on Tuesdays.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank2.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>The exhibition, Anne Frank: A History for Today, is part of a series of educational programming, including a Long Walk Symposium for educators to be held on June 23, 2007. The symposium was planned to enhance awareness of the Long Walk and incarceration of Navajo and Mescalero Apache people at Fort Sumner during the 1860s.<br><br>Eastern New Mexico University has agreed to provide one (1) academic credit for teachers or individuals who register, attend and participate in the symposium. Participants at the Symposium who wish to earn 1 credit must register in advance with Eastern NM University / Outreach Coordinator: Alta Elder, 505. 562-2261. Fee is $137.25. There is no fee for teachers or other participants who do not wish to receive academic credit for symposium participation.<br><br>"The Anne Frank exhibit will help connect the tragic events at Fort Sumner to the larger context of human rights abuses that have taken place across the globe," says Mary Ann Cortese, President of Friends of Bosque Redondo. The Friends group is sponsoring the exhibit. The Long Walk Symposium is being made possible by a special legislative appropriation.<br><br>The incarceration of native people at Fort Sumner is one of the most tragic periods in U.S. history. During the expansionist fervor of the pre-Civil War period, war and a scorched earth policy conducted by the U.S. Army reduced the Navajo population residing in the New Mexico Territory to 10,000. The remaining Navajo were relocated to Bosque Redondo Reservation, along with 400 hundred Mescalero Apache. They were moved to the one million-acre Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation where Fort Sumner, was also located. Thousands of Navajo people became ill and died during the long journey and incarceration. However, unlike the story of Anne Frank, the events at Bosque Redondo are not well known.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_longwalk2.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_longwalk1.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>The widely read story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish teenager who went into hiding in Amsterdam with her family when the Germans invaded Poland then Holland, and began the persecution of Jews, has become a classic.<br><br>Anne's diary is timeless and continues to resonate today. The 20th century was one of repeated genocides from the slaughter of Armenians during World War I to the Holocaust during World War II to the post-1945 era in Cambodia and Rwanda, Kosovo and Darfur. The exhibition provides a powerful experience that will encourage ongoing individual and community dialogue and education. "<br><br>It is our hope that the classroom and community discussions that will take place as a result of this exhibit and its connection with Bosque Redondo will aid the healing process," said Angie Manning, Monument Manager. "This Monument takes seriously its charge to inform and educate—even when the subject matter is sensitive," she adds.<br><br>The history of Anne Frank is the leading thread throughout the exhibition. The family's story reflects world events during and after the Nazi dictatorship. The exhibition juxtaposes photographs of the Frank family with those of historical events of the time, and shows how persecuted people such as the Franks were affected by political decisions and by the actions of individuals.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank4.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3>Anne Frank: A History for Today covers five periods in the Frank family life. The exhibition commences with her early childhood in Frankfurt am Main (1929-1933). The exhibition moves on to the period between 1933-1939 with the Nazi's taking political control of Germany and the family fleeing to Holland. The third period, between 1939-1942 has the Germans first invading Poland then Holland. It is in July 1942, with persecution of the Jews taking place throughout the conquered lands, that the Frank family goes into hiding in Amsterdam. During this period the young Anne Frank writes her diary. The fifth period, between 1945 and today illustrates the defeat of the Axis powers and the end of Nazi tyranny. Otto Frank, Anne's father, discovers that neither his daughter nor his wife survived the war. However, he is given Anne's diary by one of the persons who gave shelter to the family during the occupation. Otto Frank publishes the diary in 1947, and it is eventually translated into more than 59 languages. This final section discusses what happens after 1945 to survivors, what types of human rights laws have been passed, and the continuing struggle against racism and discrimination of people today.<br><br>The Anne Frank exhibit was developed by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and is sponsored in North America by the New York based Anne Frank Center USA, Inc. Bosque Redondo State Memorial -- managed by New Mexico State Monuments -- is a part of the Fort Sumner State Monument. It was created to help all Americans remember the story of the Long Walk and the sad years the Navajo and Apache's spent struggling to survive in the Fort Sumner area.<br><br><br>Other Area Attractions...<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondolake.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_BTKM.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>In addition to the new Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner State Monument also has its own seperate visitors center which is presently undergoing renovations. It is due to reopen sometime this summer. Even with Fort Sumner's visitor center temporarily out of commission there's still plenty to do at the 80 acre Fort Sumner Moument in addition to the Anne Frank and Bosque Redondo exhibits. Other activities include Historic Fort Tours, self-guided audio walking trails in the forest, river walks along the Pecos, tours of Bosque Redondo Lake (some folks fish there too we hear), bird watching, *free* overnight camping on a first-come first served basis, wildflower walks and much more. Also, not far from the Ft Sumner State Monument is the Sumner Lake State Park -- managed by the New Mexico State Parks Division of the Department of Natural Resources. The park also has its own camping and RV facilities and they offer great fishing too.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_sumnerlakesp.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_fsmvc.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>If all that's not enough to convince you to put a trip to Fort Sumner on your April-May weekend travel plans, there's also the historic town of Fort Sumner itself and the original village of Old Fort Sumner is close by. Old Fort Sumner reportedly has the mortal remains of Billy The Kid buried there. You thought he was buried in Lincoln? Nope. Old Fort Sumner says they own Billy's bones; and their caretaker the Old Fort Sumner Museum agrees. History says Billy was shot by his old friend Pat Garrett on the Maxwell Ranch near Old Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881 The next day he was buried there. Later due to repeated desecrations of the grave, the kid's remains were moved to Old Fort Sumner where he was reburied alongside two dead friends. One thing is certain, Billy's original tombstone is definitely in Old Fort Sumner. In the 1930's a dying cowboy in Arizona claimed he was "the real" Billy. So Arizona claims Billy was buried there too. Twenty years later in the 1950's an elderly dying cowboy from Hamilton, Texas claimed he was Billy. So naturally, Texans claim Billy is buried there. Goodness knows where The Kid is actually buried. But his first tombstone is definitely in Old Fort Sumner. In fact, except for King Tut's sarcophagus Billy's Old Fort Sumner tombstone may be the most traveled tombstone on the entire planet. It was stolen several times in the 20th century and once disappeared for 27 years before it was found hidden under a boxcar somewhere in Texas. Speaking of tombstones, the "new" Fort Sumner even hosts an annual Billy the Kid Tombstone Race each summer to commemorate the passing of the infamous local celebrity who neither lived nor died there. In addition to the annual Tombstone race, "new" Fort Sumner also has a large Billy the Kid Museum plus a second museum named "Windows to the Past".<br><br>The truth is we haven't scratched the surface of all the things there are to do in the Bosque Redondo / Fort Sumner area and lots of those things are either free or very inexpensive. There's also a special May Day celebration in the area on May 1st and A Navajo Treaty Day celebration on June 1st as well.<br><br>That makes this area a great place to add to your spring and summer travel plans because it's just a short drive from much of New Mexico and west Texas to get there too. In fact, the Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce (http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com/) claims their town is exactly 160 miles from Albuquerque, Amarillo and Lubbock. That makes it much closer for folks in Ruidoso, Alamogordo, El Paso and Las Cruces. In other words, you and your family can drive there round-trip for the cost of just one tank of gas. And considering the price of fuel these days, that may be the best reason of all to put Fort Sumner on your weekend travel agenda in April or May.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_BTK.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>We promise everyone in the family will learn something, it won't cost you an arm and a leg, and you'll have fun doing it together too! What more could you possibly want except perhaps a well-weathered old tombstone to decorate your yard with? To keep you from getting any ideas, look close at our photo of Billy's tombstone, you'll see they now keep Billy's monument locked in a steel cage (Or is that a "steal" cage? We forgot to ask.). Yep, even in death they're still keepin old Billy behind bars. That keeps any would-be desperado from grabbin' Billy's tombstone jumpin' on his horse and headin' for Texas. It also insures old Billy won't be escapin from Old Fort Sumner's jail anytime soon either... :rolleyes: if he's really buried there, that is. Folks have been arguin' over that for 75 years. Of the three places that claim to have buried Billy only one of them has been willing to allow DNA tests on their bone-pile. Our theory is Billy was probably born as a set of triplets. Only his mom would know for sure; but so far, neither our favorite medium nor our Ouija Board has been able to reach her for comment yet. <br><br>For more information about the topics covered in this article, Steppin' Out recommends visiting the following web destinations:<br><br><ul><li>Official Anne Frank House Site - Amsterdam (http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2)<li>Anne Frank Center - USA Site (http://www.annefrank.com/)<li>Excellent well researched History of the Long Walk and the Navajo Legends that predicted it (http://members.tripod.com/~bloodhound/longwalk.htm)<li>Navajo Long Walk (http://www.logoi.com/notes/long_walk.html) page at www.Logoi.com (http://www.logoi.com/) site<li>Navajo Long Walk (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-NavajoLongWalk.html) pages of the www.LegendsOfAmerica.com (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/) site<li>Short but interesting article about the Long Walk (http://sped2work.tripod.com/long_walk.html)<li>New Mexico State Monuments (http://www.nmmonuments.org/)<li>Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce (http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com)<li>Sumner Lake State Park (http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/SumnerLake.htm) page at www.NMParks.com (http://www.nmparks.com/)
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[Photo Acknowledgements: Images in this article were provided by the Museum of New Mexico Photo Archive, New Mexico State Monuments, and the Ft Sumner Chamber of Commerce. Steppin Out offers its sincere appreciation to each organization for use of their images. Copyrights on all images remain with the original copyright holders.]
with Fort Sumner Monument & Sumner Lake State Park Nearby...
Original Article Provided by New Mexico State Monuments - www.nmmonuments.org (http://www.nmmonuments.org/) and expanded by Steppin' Out<br>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Bosque_Redondo_State_Monument.jpg border=1 vspace=10 align=center><br>
Fort Sumner, New Mexico- A compelling exhibition depicting anti-Semitism, racism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide told through the story of Anne Frank, will be on display at Bosque Redondo State Monument at Fort Sumner from April 4 through May 11, 2007. The opening reception will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm on April 3rd. The monument is open 7 days a week after April 1, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Through the end of March, the site is closed on Tuesdays.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank2.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>The exhibition, Anne Frank: A History for Today, is part of a series of educational programming, including a Long Walk Symposium for educators to be held on June 23, 2007. The symposium was planned to enhance awareness of the Long Walk and incarceration of Navajo and Mescalero Apache people at Fort Sumner during the 1860s.<br><br>Eastern New Mexico University has agreed to provide one (1) academic credit for teachers or individuals who register, attend and participate in the symposium. Participants at the Symposium who wish to earn 1 credit must register in advance with Eastern NM University / Outreach Coordinator: Alta Elder, 505. 562-2261. Fee is $137.25. There is no fee for teachers or other participants who do not wish to receive academic credit for symposium participation.<br><br>"The Anne Frank exhibit will help connect the tragic events at Fort Sumner to the larger context of human rights abuses that have taken place across the globe," says Mary Ann Cortese, President of Friends of Bosque Redondo. The Friends group is sponsoring the exhibit. The Long Walk Symposium is being made possible by a special legislative appropriation.<br><br>The incarceration of native people at Fort Sumner is one of the most tragic periods in U.S. history. During the expansionist fervor of the pre-Civil War period, war and a scorched earth policy conducted by the U.S. Army reduced the Navajo population residing in the New Mexico Territory to 10,000. The remaining Navajo were relocated to Bosque Redondo Reservation, along with 400 hundred Mescalero Apache. They were moved to the one million-acre Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation where Fort Sumner, was also located. Thousands of Navajo people became ill and died during the long journey and incarceration. However, unlike the story of Anne Frank, the events at Bosque Redondo are not well known.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_longwalk2.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_longwalk1.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>The widely read story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish teenager who went into hiding in Amsterdam with her family when the Germans invaded Poland then Holland, and began the persecution of Jews, has become a classic.<br><br>Anne's diary is timeless and continues to resonate today. The 20th century was one of repeated genocides from the slaughter of Armenians during World War I to the Holocaust during World War II to the post-1945 era in Cambodia and Rwanda, Kosovo and Darfur. The exhibition provides a powerful experience that will encourage ongoing individual and community dialogue and education. "<br><br>It is our hope that the classroom and community discussions that will take place as a result of this exhibit and its connection with Bosque Redondo will aid the healing process," said Angie Manning, Monument Manager. "This Monument takes seriously its charge to inform and educate—even when the subject matter is sensitive," she adds.<br><br>The history of Anne Frank is the leading thread throughout the exhibition. The family's story reflects world events during and after the Nazi dictatorship. The exhibition juxtaposes photographs of the Frank family with those of historical events of the time, and shows how persecuted people such as the Franks were affected by political decisions and by the actions of individuals.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_anne_frank4.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3>Anne Frank: A History for Today covers five periods in the Frank family life. The exhibition commences with her early childhood in Frankfurt am Main (1929-1933). The exhibition moves on to the period between 1933-1939 with the Nazi's taking political control of Germany and the family fleeing to Holland. The third period, between 1939-1942 has the Germans first invading Poland then Holland. It is in July 1942, with persecution of the Jews taking place throughout the conquered lands, that the Frank family goes into hiding in Amsterdam. During this period the young Anne Frank writes her diary. The fifth period, between 1945 and today illustrates the defeat of the Axis powers and the end of Nazi tyranny. Otto Frank, Anne's father, discovers that neither his daughter nor his wife survived the war. However, he is given Anne's diary by one of the persons who gave shelter to the family during the occupation. Otto Frank publishes the diary in 1947, and it is eventually translated into more than 59 languages. This final section discusses what happens after 1945 to survivors, what types of human rights laws have been passed, and the continuing struggle against racism and discrimination of people today.<br><br>The Anne Frank exhibit was developed by the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and is sponsored in North America by the New York based Anne Frank Center USA, Inc. Bosque Redondo State Memorial -- managed by New Mexico State Monuments -- is a part of the Fort Sumner State Monument. It was created to help all Americans remember the story of the Long Walk and the sad years the Navajo and Apache's spent struggling to survive in the Fort Sumner area.<br><br><br>Other Area Attractions...<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondolake.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_BTKM.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>In addition to the new Bosque Redondo Memorial, Fort Sumner State Monument also has its own seperate visitors center which is presently undergoing renovations. It is due to reopen sometime this summer. Even with Fort Sumner's visitor center temporarily out of commission there's still plenty to do at the 80 acre Fort Sumner Moument in addition to the Anne Frank and Bosque Redondo exhibits. Other activities include Historic Fort Tours, self-guided audio walking trails in the forest, river walks along the Pecos, tours of Bosque Redondo Lake (some folks fish there too we hear), bird watching, *free* overnight camping on a first-come first served basis, wildflower walks and much more. Also, not far from the Ft Sumner State Monument is the Sumner Lake State Park -- managed by the New Mexico State Parks Division of the Department of Natural Resources. The park also has its own camping and RV facilities and they offer great fishing too.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_sumnerlakesp.jpg align=left border=1 hspace=3><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_fsmvc.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>If all that's not enough to convince you to put a trip to Fort Sumner on your April-May weekend travel plans, there's also the historic town of Fort Sumner itself and the original village of Old Fort Sumner is close by. Old Fort Sumner reportedly has the mortal remains of Billy The Kid buried there. You thought he was buried in Lincoln? Nope. Old Fort Sumner says they own Billy's bones; and their caretaker the Old Fort Sumner Museum agrees. History says Billy was shot by his old friend Pat Garrett on the Maxwell Ranch near Old Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881 The next day he was buried there. Later due to repeated desecrations of the grave, the kid's remains were moved to Old Fort Sumner where he was reburied alongside two dead friends. One thing is certain, Billy's original tombstone is definitely in Old Fort Sumner. In the 1930's a dying cowboy in Arizona claimed he was "the real" Billy. So Arizona claims Billy was buried there too. Twenty years later in the 1950's an elderly dying cowboy from Hamilton, Texas claimed he was Billy. So naturally, Texans claim Billy is buried there. Goodness knows where The Kid is actually buried. But his first tombstone is definitely in Old Fort Sumner. In fact, except for King Tut's sarcophagus Billy's Old Fort Sumner tombstone may be the most traveled tombstone on the entire planet. It was stolen several times in the 20th century and once disappeared for 27 years before it was found hidden under a boxcar somewhere in Texas. Speaking of tombstones, the "new" Fort Sumner even hosts an annual Billy the Kid Tombstone Race each summer to commemorate the passing of the infamous local celebrity who neither lived nor died there. In addition to the annual Tombstone race, "new" Fort Sumner also has a large Billy the Kid Museum plus a second museum named "Windows to the Past".<br><br>The truth is we haven't scratched the surface of all the things there are to do in the Bosque Redondo / Fort Sumner area and lots of those things are either free or very inexpensive. There's also a special May Day celebration in the area on May 1st and A Navajo Treaty Day celebration on June 1st as well.<br><br>That makes this area a great place to add to your spring and summer travel plans because it's just a short drive from much of New Mexico and west Texas to get there too. In fact, the Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce (http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com/) claims their town is exactly 160 miles from Albuquerque, Amarillo and Lubbock. That makes it much closer for folks in Ruidoso, Alamogordo, El Paso and Las Cruces. In other words, you and your family can drive there round-trip for the cost of just one tank of gas. And considering the price of fuel these days, that may be the best reason of all to put Fort Sumner on your weekend travel agenda in April or May.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/bosqueredondo_BTK.jpg align=right border=1 hspace=3>We promise everyone in the family will learn something, it won't cost you an arm and a leg, and you'll have fun doing it together too! What more could you possibly want except perhaps a well-weathered old tombstone to decorate your yard with? To keep you from getting any ideas, look close at our photo of Billy's tombstone, you'll see they now keep Billy's monument locked in a steel cage (Or is that a "steal" cage? We forgot to ask.). Yep, even in death they're still keepin old Billy behind bars. That keeps any would-be desperado from grabbin' Billy's tombstone jumpin' on his horse and headin' for Texas. It also insures old Billy won't be escapin from Old Fort Sumner's jail anytime soon either... :rolleyes: if he's really buried there, that is. Folks have been arguin' over that for 75 years. Of the three places that claim to have buried Billy only one of them has been willing to allow DNA tests on their bone-pile. Our theory is Billy was probably born as a set of triplets. Only his mom would know for sure; but so far, neither our favorite medium nor our Ouija Board has been able to reach her for comment yet. <br><br>For more information about the topics covered in this article, Steppin' Out recommends visiting the following web destinations:<br><br><ul><li>Official Anne Frank House Site - Amsterdam (http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=1&lid=2)<li>Anne Frank Center - USA Site (http://www.annefrank.com/)<li>Excellent well researched History of the Long Walk and the Navajo Legends that predicted it (http://members.tripod.com/~bloodhound/longwalk.htm)<li>Navajo Long Walk (http://www.logoi.com/notes/long_walk.html) page at www.Logoi.com (http://www.logoi.com/) site<li>Navajo Long Walk (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-NavajoLongWalk.html) pages of the www.LegendsOfAmerica.com (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/) site<li>Short but interesting article about the Long Walk (http://sped2work.tripod.com/long_walk.html)<li>New Mexico State Monuments (http://www.nmmonuments.org/)<li>Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce (http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com)<li>Sumner Lake State Park (http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/SumnerLake.htm) page at www.NMParks.com (http://www.nmparks.com/)
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[Photo Acknowledgements: Images in this article were provided by the Museum of New Mexico Photo Archive, New Mexico State Monuments, and the Ft Sumner Chamber of Commerce. Steppin Out offers its sincere appreciation to each organization for use of their images. Copyrights on all images remain with the original copyright holders.]