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VANCOUVER’S FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR 2018
End your Independence Day with a BANG at Vancouver’s Fireworks Spectacular! Pack a snack and a blanket, come to the Fort, and stake out your spot to watch the biggest fireworks show in the region.
This year is all about a bigger, brighter, BOOM! With the City-wide ban on retail fireworks, Vancouver’s Fireworks Spectacular will allow the community to enjoy the tradition of Independence Day fireworks safely.
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FAQS
Note that there are some changes this year, most notably the show will be the biggest and brightest fireworks display in years!
Yes, there will be a fireworks show Wednesday, July 4, 2018, at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
The fireworks launch at 10:05pm to a synchronized soundtrack.
This year’s show will be the largest fireworks display Vancouver has had in decades.
Free entry. Donations will be accepted from those who want to support next year’s Fireworks Spectacular, with a portion of proceeds going to support the Lower Columbia Veterans Coalition.
Gates open at 8am, but suggested arrival time is after 6pm. Security checks will be at all entrance gates. The Historic Trust’s Marshall House and Providence Academy, and the National Park Service’s Fort Vancouver, Pearson Air Museum, and Visitor Center will be open that day.
You can bring in food and drinks (no alcohol) as well as blankets and camping chairs to comfortably enjoy the firework show.
There is no beer garden at the event this year.
There are no food vendors at the event this year.
There is no live entertainment at the event this year. Alpha Media will play a variety of recorded music from their radio stations during the event.
No alcohol, drugs, personal fireworks, weapons, BBQs, open flames, hammocks, or pets allowed.
Small canopies and tents are allowed. Do not drive stakes into the ground. All canopies and tents must be taken down by sundown to not block others’ view of the fireworks.
The fireworks will not be visible from Clark College, the Columbia River, or from Portland.
Several area roads will be closed beginning 10am. See road closures.
Parking:
ADA parking is free onsite along 5th Street for those with a valid ADA permit.
Downtown Vancouver parking is free for the holiday.
C-Tran has two free shuttles starting at 6pm, one from Fisher’s Landing Transit Center on SE 164th the other at the 99th Street Transit Center, with return service after the firework show.
$10 Public Parking available at Providence Academy and the grass lot on 5th St between S Street and U Street.
The Historic Trust is dedicated to preserving the past and inspiring the future. The celebration of our country’s Independence is a community tradition that is infused with pride in country and history. We are excited to see you at Fort Vancouver’s Pearson Airfield and celebrate together as a community!
6th Annual Mental Health Summit
6th Annual Mental Health Summit
“Sustaining Our Joint Commitment to Improve Access
to Mental Health Care of Veterans and Their Families”
Thursday, September 6, 2018
at
Camp Withycombe
15300 SE Minuteman Way
Clackamas, OR 97015
8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
For community providers who work with Veterans, non-profit agencies, government and VSO organizations
and those who have an interest in mental health issues for Veterans and their families.
RSVP Required to attend
For more information please contact:
David Greaves at (503) 220-8262, ext. 56490
or david.greaves@va.gov
Free Flag Exchange at Davidson & Associates Insurance
Would you like to retire your old US flag and exchange it for a new one?
Stop by Davidson & Associates Insurance June 11-15, 8:00am – 5:00pm to exchange your old flag for a new one! Details available at www.davidsoninsurance.com
*Available while supplies last. The Fort Vancouver District Boy Scouts of America will perform a proper flag retirement for all exchanged flags.
FREE FAMILY FUN AT NATIONAL GET OUTDOORS DAY
Kick off summer by joining in on free, outdoor activities and family fun at the 10th annual National Get Outdoors Day on Saturday, June 9 from 10 am to 3 pm at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.
Kids and families can enjoy climbing a rock wall, meeting live birds of prey, catching a fish from a pond, participating in obstacle courses, soccer, archery, crosscut sawing and more! Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl, Ranger Rick, and their friends will be on hand to greet visitors. A historic fur trade encampment will re-enact life at Fort Vancouver during the 1840s.
National Get Outdoors Day is a national free event that encourages people, especially youth, to stay healthy and experience the outdoors by embracing our parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands and waters. The Gifford Pinchot and Mt. Hood National Forests, Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, City of Vancouver, Parks Foundation of Clark County and many other public, private, and non-profit groups are partnering together to present this event, which is the second largest National Get Outdoors Day event in the country.
“We are appreciative so many partners and friends have come together to help get folks outside for healthy family fun,” said Gina Owens, Forest Supervisor for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. “Participants will have opportunities to learn outdoor recreation and our shared stewardship of our public lands.”
At Get Outdoors Day, visitors can also explore the annual Brigade Encampment, which re-enacts the return of Hudson’s Bay Company fur brigades to Fort Vancouver. Costumed re-enactors will demonstrate cooking, crafts, games, dances, and music of the 1840s. Hands-on activities and black powder demonstrations of replica 1840s weaponry will also take place.
“The Brigade Encampment allows people to see what life was like in the Pacific Northwest nearly 200 years ago,” said Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Superintendent Tracy Fortmann. “Volunteers at the Encampment will demonstrate outdoor skills, music, dancing, and other cultural traditions of the fur traders and their families.”
For additional information about Get Outdoors Day, visit: https://tinyurl.com/getoutdoorsvancouver
What: National Get Outdoors Day & Brigade Encampment
Where: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, along East 5th Street, near Pearson Air Museum, 1115 E. Fifth St., Vancouver, WA 98661
When: June 9, 2018, 10 am to 3 pm
Cost: Free
Contact Info:
Contact: Gala Miller, US Forest Service, (360) 891-5014
More at https://www.nps.gov/fova/learn/news/goday2018.htm