Friends of Fort Vancouver News

Please join us for some, or all, of the following series of lectures entitled "Archaelogies of People, Things, and Protected Places."Lectures will be held at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 1501 E. Evergreen Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 98661 and begin at 7pm.June 29, 2017: Training the Next Generation: Indigenous Methods in Archaeological Practice ...

On Saturday, July 22, 2017 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm please join us for a presentation and book signing with Daniel J. Sarfstein on his new book, Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard and the Nez Perce War. The presentation will be at the Visitor Center (1501 E. Evergreen Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 98661) of the Fort Vancouver Nation...

Many thanks to an anonymous donor to the Friends of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site whose generosity allowed us to support the 2017 Kids Dig! program at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.The funds pay for an intern from Washington State University Vancouver and Portland State University's archeology program to educate the children...

Friends of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site are pleased to welcome Cynthia Landrum, PhD to discuss her book The Valley of the Kings: Rehabilitation of the People of the Columbia River and Pacific Rim through Ceremonialism.Dr. Landrum will be at the Visitor Center on Wednesday, September 20, 2017; time to be announced.From the publisher (J....

Felting Artist Juneko Martinson will be at the Friends Shop in the Visitor Center on Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm to introduce us to her beautiful felted animals, representative of the natural environment of the Pacific Northwest as well as the life and legends of the area.Ms. Martinson's work is currently available for sale in t...