Education
Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort
Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for children 15 years and under. The "Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort" is a wonderful opportunity to experience the reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver at night. As in past years, each adult attending the program will carry their own candle lantern and tour with a Park Ranger […]
VBMA’s January Military History Talks
Speaker: CW3 (retired) Dan Sockle Title: ISIS, Where Are You Now? Subject: Is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi still alive? Did he die in an airstrike in July 2017? If not, with the fall of Raqqa, where have he and his followers gone? They have gone into Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as relatively ungoverned […]
VBMA’s February Military History Talk
Speaker: Dr. Donna Sinclair Title: African American Contributions to the Civilian Conservation Corps From 1932 until 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC was one of the largest public works programs of the New Deal. The program employed single young men to perform unskilled manual labor in jobs related to the conservation and development of […]
Free NAMI Homefront Online Program
I’m emailing to alert you that registration is open for the next NAMI Homefront online program - a free, 6-session program for family, friends and significant others of military Service Members and Veterans. The class helps families understand what the Service Member/ Veteran is experiencing related to trauma, combat stress, civilian life transition, PTSD and other mental health […]
New Exhibit and Artist’s Talk Features Contemporary Masks Inspired by Chinookan Stories
On Saturday, March 10, from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, artist Bill Rutherford will discuss his work, contemporary masks inspired by Chinookan stories. The masks are his interpretation of nine beings, including She Who Watches, Raven, Yuhlma, The Darkness One, Coyote, Salmon, Swallowing Monster, Wind, and Atathlia. "For years […]
VBMA’s March Military History Talk
Speaker: Mr. Dan Parshall Title: Next of Kin Subject: Dan Parshall recounts his father’s experiences as a World War I ambulance driver, based on letters, photographs, and other documents that highlight his career.
PTSD and beyond: Treating the complexities of trauma in the veteran community with Dr. John Briere
Presenter: Dr. John Briere, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Southern California, and Director of the USC Adolescent Trauma Training Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. In his workshop Dr. Briere will detail some of the more common adversities and early traumas experienced by veterans and how they impact their […]
JUNIOR RANGER DAY AT FORT VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Join us at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 10 am to 3 pm as we celebrate Junior Ranger Day. This event will be based at the Visitor Center, and is free to the public. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site invites hundreds of children each year to become Junior Rangers […]
VBMA’s April Military History Talk
Speaker: Mr. Douglas Auburg Title: Working on the Railroad with the Doughboys Subject: Douglas Auburg’s father was drafted into the Army and sent to Europe during World War I. As a bugler and working as a machinist, he served with the 33rd Engineer Regiment from May 1918 to May 1919, at the military railroad service […]