National Mule Day at Fort Concho Thursday

Fort Concho will celebrate National Mule Day from 10 a.m. to

3 p.m. tomorrow (today) at the Living History Stable, on Henry

O. Flipper St. The event is free to all. There will be displays of

late 19^th– and early 20^th-century military uniforms and equipment

when mules were still the preferred transport systems for wagon

freight in the U.S. Army. National Mule Day is a nod to October 26,

1785, when a Spanish donkey requested by George Washington

arrived in America to breed American mules. For more information,

call the fort at 325-481-2646 or visit fortconcho.com.