By Dewey Terrill

JC Post

The sale of apple pies made using Libby Custer’ recipe are always one of the highlights of the Fall Apple Day festival at Fort Riley.

One of the Pie Queens for the event, Yvonne Gutierrez explained that volunteers gathered all of the ingredients needed to make 1,733 apple pies. Funds raised from the sale of the pies supports the Historical and Archaeological Society. “The money that goes into HASFR helps restore Fort Riley and keeping everything the way it was. And also, a lot of it goes into scholarships.”

In addition to apple pie sales there were numerous other activities ranging from performances by the Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard to static equipment displays. The festival serves as an annual open house at Fort Riley.