IT WAS, AT ONE TIME, THE LARGEST FRONTIER MILITARY POST IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT’S NOW THE FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT. LORENZO VIGIL WITH THE MONUMENT TELLS US FUNDING IS COMING TO UPDATE THE EXHIBITS , SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY FOR DECADES AND SEEN REPEATEDLY BY VISITORS. THEY’RE THE SAME EXHIBITS THAT DATE BACK TO THE 1970S.
THE NEW EXHIBITS WILL GIVE VISITORS A BETTER VIEW OF HOW THINGS LIKE THE U-S/MEXICAN WAR, THE CIVIL WAR AND THE SANTA FE TRAIL CHANGED THE AREA. THE REBUILD OF THE EXHIBITS IN THE VISITOR CENTER WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
