Forty Fort Cemetery

09/13/2025

🏆 Award Ceremony Information 🏆

Join us starting at 11 am to celebrate our different divisions!

5K & 10K Race Categories
Overall male: first place
Overall female: first place
Male & Female 19 years old and under; first place
Male & Female 20 - 29 years old; first place
Male & Female 30 - 39 years old; first place
Male & Female 40 - 49 years old; first place
Male & Female 50 - 59 years old; first place
Male & Female 60 - 69 years old; first place
Male & Female 70 (+); first place
5K Walk - This one is all for fun!

Live music and a food trucks will be on hand at the cemetery! Feel free to take advantage of the guided tours of the cemetery and the historic Forty Fort Meeting House!



2nd Annual Forty Fort Cemetery 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run - Preserving Our Past, One Step at a Time

09/13/2025

🎉 Race After Party over at the 🎉

Make sure to celebrate your post race success with us at the Old Fort Brewing Company! 🏆

🗺 161 Welles Street, Forty Fort, PA 18704.

Each race participant will receive a token for one complimentary soft drink/beer from Old Fort Brewery, there will also be a food truck to purchase food and live music! 🎶

09/13/2025

📢 2nd Annual Forty Fort Cemetery 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run - Preserving Our Past, One Step at a Time

Are you lacing up those running shoes? Great!

🤔 Did you know Post Race Care in VERY important? Luckily, we have you covered!

Join us for TOURS of the Cemetery Ground and of the Historic Forty Fort Meeting House! You may even find a souvenir or two for your collection!

09/13/2025

Check out some post race party information! ⬇️

Tomorrow!!

Opening up at 11AM. Runners and walkers can get their free pour of Fort Light outside - back of brewery.

Be sure to bring your bib. We won’t keep them but we will punch a tiny hole to show you received your free beer.

The Saucy Box Food Truck is with us out front - menu in comments.

Luke Stone starts at noon.

Good luck to everyonee participating in the race. We can’t wait to see you after.

Forty Fort Cemetery

09/13/2025

Today is the BIG DAY for 2nd Annual Forty Fort Cemetery 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run - Preserving Our Past, One Step at a Time!

📢 A few reminders

🗒 Day of registrations will be 5K Walk & Run Fee is $35, 10K Run Fee is $45 from 7:30 AM!
🚗 The parking for the event will be in the Forty Fort Soccer Complex just before the Forty Fort Airport.

09/12/2025

Check out our friends across the river Hollenback Cemetery!

Wilkes-Barre Preservation Society executive director and Hollenback Cemetery Association board member Tony Brooks will host the annual Fall walking tour of Hollenback Cemetery, 540 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, September 20, at 11 a.m. Rain or shine.

The tour will explore the life and times of the Hollenback, Butler, Ross, Harvey, Conyngham, Miner, Kirby families and others who are the namesakes of many of Wilkes-Barre streets and parks. Meet a Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a West Point Superintendent, U.S. Congressmen, Civil War Generals, Wilkes-Barre Mayors, a library founder, a world-famous architect, and the world’s worst singer at Carnegie Hall.

Tour price is $10 and benefits the restoration of damaged and weatherworn gravesites. Children are free. To RSVP, call or text 570-793-3631.

Parking is available along Maple Street or inside the cemetery. Please wear comfortable shoes.

[Photo: Memorial to George W. Woodward, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.]

09/12/2025

🚨Reminder!

Pre-Race Packet Pickup Running,
900 Rutter Ave, Kingston, Pa

📆 Friday, September 12, 2025 from 4:00PM - 6:30PM.

09/12/2025

Thank you for having us PA Live!! See everyone tomorrow! 2nd Annual Forty Fort Cemetery 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run - Preserving Our Past, One Step at a Time

09/12/2025

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09/11/2025

🚨Reminder!

Pre-Race Packet Pickup Valley Running Company ,
900 Rutter Ave, Kingston, Pa

📆 Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 4:00PM - 6:30PM
📆 Friday, September 12, 2025 from 4:00PM - 6:30PM.

09/10/2025

📢 Our online registration closes today (9/10) at 11:59PM but we will have DAY OF registration open on ... well ... the day of the race (9/13)! 🤣

⚡Registration Information⚡ https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Kingston/TheFortyFortCemeteryNdAnnualWalk5K10K?fbclid=IwY2xjawKRwBdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFKMFlnTGZGQ3NDTW5NT2RnAR7BdYIHwGJE_Kp0WZwN8GBlr4743Hs6Rt1aPR24g4IIXiZyvRSg1Cp6h2wEfQ_aem_Ss4KUJCaIleN2pT0EQ8GDQ

The Forty Fort Cemetery 2nd Annual Walk/5K/10K is on Saturday September 13, 2025. It includes the following events: 5K Run, 5K Walk, and 10K Run.