Buffalo Bill's Birthday Celebration

Each February

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody's birthday is February 26, and each year the Buffalo Bill Historical Center celebrates the event with a birthday party on the Friday evening closest to the day.

Here are some highlights from our 2012 celebration, which was sponsored by First Bank of Wyoming.

Tours of the under-construction gallery

Our Buffalo Bill gallery is temporarily closed for renovation but visitors took tours of the construction area and envisioned the redesigned exhibit space, reopening to the public May 19.

The Buffalo Bill Band

Always a favorite at our birthday party, the Buffalo Bill Band, under the direction of Mike Masterson, entertained the crowds with rousing music straight from the songbook of Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band.

The band performed from 5 – 6:30 p.m.

 

Mike Masterson directing the modern-day Buffalo Bill Band at our birthday celebration in 2010.

Dime Novel Dramatics

We continued a tradition this year with more excerpts from Buffalo Bill, The King of Border Men, the first "dime novel" starring William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his frontier exploits. The piece was written by Ned Buntline and serialized in newspapers beginning in December 1869.

For information on all events, please visit our Events page.

 

 

It's a "Buffalo Bill" weekend in Cody!

Our celebration at the Historical Center is just one of the events in town centered around Buffalo Bill's birthday.

The Buffalo Bill Birthday Ball, a charity event organized by the Knights of Columbus, takes place on the nearest Saturday.

The Cody High School FFA chapter hosts its annual wreath-laying ceremony at Gertrude Vanderbilt Vhitney's sculpture Buffalo Bill—The Scout on the birthdate or the nearest school day.

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