Centennial Celebration of Capulin Volcano as National Monument

Light refreshments, including a volcanic cake, will be served to visitors who drop by. Cake-cutting will take place at 12:30 PM.

All performances will take place in front of the Visitor Center, and will be free to the public. The regular admission fee of $7 will continue to be charged for driving up the Volcano Road. All America the Beautiful passes will be honored when presented.

This is one of several events in the month of August to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Capulin Volcano National Monument and the National Park Service.

Capulin Volcano has hired Frank Robinson, Jr. to portray Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States and the man who declared Capulin Mountain a national monument on August 9^th, 1916. Within two weeks, Wilson also signed legislation creating the National Park Service; the NPS Centennial will take place on August 25^th. Robinson will deliver remarks in front of the Visitor Center as Wilson, answer questions from visitors, and pose for any photographers that want to capture an image with the man who modernized America.

Oklahoma Fancy Dancers will also perform during the day.  They are a group of powwow champions that come together to form a professional and highly acclaimed Native American dance troupe. All the dancers are enrolled tribal members, most of whom are full-blood, representing various tribes. The award-winning dance regalia worn by each dancer is brilliantly colorful, traditional and representative of the dancer’s tribe and dance performed.