“Haines people are always late, but the cannoneer operates on Greenwich Mean Time,” said Annette Smith, as a warning to those who would show up later for the Lighting of the Fort, 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8.
After a one-year hiatus, the ceremonial cannon blast and flipping of the switches will turn on Fort Seward’s holiday displays and kick off a celebration that will include luminarias, a Christmas tableau, caroling, a Nativity play, bonfire and…