Community Service
CMAC meeting
Everyone is welcome to join, as we plan community-wide events such as Our Community Salutes, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, POW/MIA Day and recognition/support of military families of all services. CMAC is an inclusive committee composed of civic education, veteran and business partners.
Campfires & Candlelight Event Recreates Night Of Historic Fire At Fort Vancouver
Posted on FlashAlert: August 20th, 2019 10:26 AM
On September 7, 2019, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host its annual Campfires & Candlelight event. This free event is the national park’s largest living history event of the year.
Beginning at 4 pm, the “Timeline of History” leading from East Fifth Street to the gates of Fort Vancouver will be the site of several camps filled with costumed reenactors sharing the history of the site. As visitors walk closer to the fort, they will be transported further and further back in time. Along this stretch, Living History Group NorthWest will host a World War II camp, other volunteers will portray World War I, and the First Oregon Volunteer Infantry will host a Civil War-era camp. Other camps populated by National Park Service volunteers will represent the site’s Oregon Trail, and Hudson’s Bay Company history.
At 5 pm, the gates of the reconstructed Fort Vancouver will open. Inside the fort, reenactors will recreate the night of September 26, 1844. On this night 175 years ago, a massive wildfire that had sparked to the northeast of the fort was moving towards the fort, and would eventually come within 300 feet of the fort’s walls. Visitors will be able to interact with volunteers portraying specific characters who were present on that night, and will learn not just about the story of the fire, but also about other important issues from the time period. Learn more about the history behind the event here.
Fort Vancouver and the Timeline of History camps will be open to the public until 10 pm, offering a rare chance to see the fort after dark, and see buildings lit by candlelight, as they would have been in the 19th century.
“Campfires & Candlelight brings first person interpretation of the history of the fort site, and it’s our pleasure to bring it to our community year after year,” said Chief of Interpretation, Aaron Ochoa. “The theme for our 2019 event – called ‘Night of the Fire’ – is very relevant today, with increased threats of wild fires throughout the region. This threat was very real for the Hudson’s Bay Company too as is portrayed in this program about the site’s history.”
What: Campfires & Candlelight at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Where: 1001 E. Fifth Street, Vancouver, WA 98661
When: The Timeline of History opens at 4 pm. Fort Vancouver opens at 5 pm. The event ends at 10 pm.
Cost: Free
Contact: Aaron Ochoa, Chief of Interpretation, (360) 839-3214, aaron_ochoa@nps.gov
More at https://go.nps.gov/candc2019
THE LOUGH LEGACY VETERANS PARADE
33rd Annual Lough Legacy Veterans Parade!
The Lough Legacy Veterans Parade celebrates the service and sacrifice area veterans have made for our freedom in partnership with the City of Vancouver. These events are made possible through a generous donation from Frank and JoAnne Lough who dedicated resources in support of Veterans Day Services.
Year after year, dedicated volunteers and local organizations and businesses have helped to ensure that our community can continue to recognize and honor our veterans at the annual Veterans Parade.
Each year, the parade averages over 100 parade entries, nearly 2,400 people marching, and more than 5,000 spectators.
40th National Veterans Wheelchair Games is coming to Portland
This is a community celebration kicking off the countdown to the games
Date: Wed August 21 2019
Time: 10:00 am – 12pm
Location: Dr. Jack’s at the Rose Quarter
Parking: Moda Center Garden
Memorial service for 32 Marines killed on Mt Rainier in 1946
You are cordially invited to attend the 73rd Annual Memorial Ceremony
of 32 of our Marine Brothers who joined the Supreme Commandant on
10 Dec 1946 on Mt Rainier.
1946 ~ 2019 73rd Memorial Ceremony
Hosted by the Pierce County Det #504
Dept. of Washington Marine Corps League
Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 12 PM – 1:30 PM
@ Veterans Memorial Park in Enumclaw along Hwy 410
1151 Roosevelt Ave. Enumclaw, WA 98022