Candlelight Tour of Fort Pickens, Florida

We attended a candlelight tour of Fort Pickens that was set up to commemorate the 1861 Bombardment of Pensacola Bay. The whole fort was lit only by candlelight and we walked around in groups to various areas where knowledgeable interpreters were dressed in costume and told historic stories about the lives and events during the Bombardment. It was a great experience.

This was the entrance to the tour.

One of the hallways we walked through to get to the interpreter stations.

Various artifacts set out for us about people in the interpreter's stories.

This interpreter told us all about the cannons. He was very excellent.

This was our young guide that helped us find our way and not get lost in the dark tunnels.

A view of a cannon through a window.