Fort Stanton Helps Save the World

On April 1, 1899, President William McKinley signed a Presidential Executive Order transferring New Mexico's Fort Stanton to the Marine Hospital Service. Tuberculosis had become a worldwide epidemic and Fort Stanton's doctors and nurses made tremendous contributions to the cure of this dreaded disease. After TB was brought under control, Fort Stanton's mission of health and healing continued for another 50 years. In honor of Occupational Therapy month, this video also details how the OT profession helped soldiers, patients and residents with both the physical and psychological issues resulting from injury, disability and disease. Fort Stanton lives on today as a symbol of strength, determination and resiliency.. (Visit the newmexicohistoricsites.org "Virtual Classroom/Fort Stanton" tab for school-age educational activities and a lesson plan to accompany this video.)