http://www.nps.gov/fova News releases from Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. en-us http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/esvb-yr2.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 18:10:00 EST Superintendent Tracy Fortmann and Project Manager Ray Cozby today announced several upcoming projects for the East and South Vancouver Barracks unit of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, set to highlight the second anniversary of the transfer of the historic grounds from the U.S. Department of Defense to the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/ccp.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:23 EST This year, the National Park Service and Evergreen and Vancouver Public Schools continue to bring the community’s annual Children’s Cultural Parade to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site to celebrate the diversity of Vancouver. The parade is the culminating event of classroom instruction in which local third grade students study cultures from around the world. It is an opportunity for each student to explore his or her own unique cultural heritage and to celebrate the heritage of classmates. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/go-day-brigade.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 17:59:46 EST National Get Outdoors Day brings community partners together to celebrate healthy, active, outdoor fun at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on June 8, 2013. The National Park Service’s annual Brigade Encampment, a component of National Get Outdoors Day, re-enacts the jovial return of the fur brigades to Fort Vancouver – illuminating how day-to-day survival skills of trappers in the 1840s have become recreational pursuits today, and how our relationships to the natural world have changed over time. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/shpo-award-2013.htm Wed, 15 May 2013 11:05:46 EST The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) awarded the State Historic Preservation Officer's Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Media & Historic Preservation to Dr. Brett Oppegaard, Washington State University Vancouver, and Greg Shine, Chief Ranger & Historian, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, for the partnership Fort Vancouver Mobile App Project. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/sprucemillexhibitandpublication.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 16:58:18 EST On May 22, 2013, a new exhibit on the history of Vancouver's World War I-era Spruce Mill will open at Pearson Air Museum, titled Straight-Grained Soldiers. In addition to the exhibit, a new publication on the Spruce Production Division is now available from the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/esvb-accomplishments-yr-1.htm Thu, 02 May 2013 17:23:05 EST Superintendent Tracy Fortmann and Project Manager Ray Cozby today announced the achievement of key milestone projects by the National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site that highlight the one-year anniversary of the transfer of the East and South Vancouver Barracks from the Department of Defense to the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/cm.htm Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:18:51 EST Visit Pearson Air Museum in your local national park on May 11th at 2:00 p.m. to experience radio theatre as it was in 1939, for free, with "Captain Midnight Flies Again!" http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/painting2013.htm Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:36 EST The National Park Service is currently preserving multiple buildings at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, your urban national park. This week, the park staff is overseeing the repainting of two signature buildings within the reconstructed stockade. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/junior-ranger-day-2013.htm Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:29:14 EST Fort Vancouver National Historic Site celebrates Junior Ranger Day on Saturday April 27, 2013. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/partnershipprogramauditorium.htm Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:55:41 EST The National Park Service is proud to announce a unique partnership project with Clatsop Community College Historic Preservation and Restoration Program. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/armybootsandarmywings.htm Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:10:03 EST On Friday, March 29, 2013, a new exhibit highlighting the history of Vancouver Barracks and the birth of Pearson Field will open at the Pearson Air Museum. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/open-house-for-quilt-exhibit.htm Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:06:54 EST The McLoughlin House Site will host an Open House on March 23 with special guest quilt expert Eileen Trestain. Eileen will be on hand to discuss the Civil War Era quilts currently on display in the house. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/parkstaffandpartnersreceiveregionalaward.htm Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:42:01 EST The Fort Vancouver Mobile Project has been chosen as one of two projects nationwide to receive this year's John Wesley Powell Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of historical displays, awarded by the Society for History in the Federal Government. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/pam-reopens.htm Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:03:11 EST Pearson Air Museum is reopening today, February 26, 2013, at 10:00 AM, with two temporary exhibits, Float, Drive, and Fly and the Spruce Mill Encampment. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/2013museumcollectionopenhouse.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:27:43 EST In 2013, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site's popular Museum Collection Open House program will return on the second Saturday of the month, March through October. The Museum Collection Open House program takes visitors on special, behind-the-scenes tours through the park's curation facility, which is home to two million archaeological and historic artifacts. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/accepting-loans.htm Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:55:30 EST Any individuals who own items formerly on display in Pearson Air Museum are invited to loan them directly to the National Park Service, so they may be returned to the hangar building for the reopening of Pearson as a free public museum. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/pearson-events.htm Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:11:00 EST The National Park Service has a simple goal for Pearson Air Museum: to reopen its doors to the public as soon as possible. In the meantime, Pearson Air Museum is available for special events. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/twonewbusinessspecialistsjointeam.htm Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:01:47 EST Recently, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site welcomed two new employees who bring a wealth of experience and business acumen to the park's staff. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/letters13.htm Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:41:57 EST On February 3rd from 12:00-300 p.m. visitors are invited to the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Visitor Center for an entirely free afternoon of hands-on activities centered on the power of connection through the written word. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/two-new-exhibits-share-the-story-of-new-deal-programs-in-washington-state-and-at-vancouver-barracks.htm Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:45:06 EST On Saturday, January 19, 2013, the National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will launch two new exhibits on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center. The two complementary exhibits, on display until late March, explore how the WPA and CCC put the people of Washington State and Vancouver back to work during the Great Depression of the 1930s. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/vancouverbarracksfonsi.htm Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:38:12 EST The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) document for the East and South Vancouver Barracks Draft Master Plan and Environmental Assessment was signed by the Pacific West Regional Director on December 20, 2012. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/pumpkin-icon.htm Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:23:47 EST The National Park Service and the Grant House restaurant partner to bring you an autumn evening all about pumpkins! Dine on pumpkin dishes while Dr. Cindy Ott discusses her new book, Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon, in the cozy atmosphere of the Grant House restaurant, Tuesday, November 27, 6:00-7:00pm. Reservations required (360) 906-1101). Dr. Ott will be signing hardcover copies of the book throughout the evening, available for $30 cash, check, or credit. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/christmas-fova.htm Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:28:38 EST Experience the sights and sounds of the 1840s holiday season at Christmas at Fort Vancouver, on Saturday December 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/rlc.htm Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:35:37 EST Tracy Fortmann, Superintendent at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, has been appointed to the Regional Leadership Council for the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/tales-engage.htm Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:24:35 EST The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is pleased to announce Tales of the Engagé, Saturdays, October 13 and 27 from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Both programs are free of charge and take place by the fire in the cozy atmosphere of the fort’s lantern-lit, 1840s kitchen. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/npgetaway2012.htm Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:38:52 EST The Village at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a place of connections – a historical grand emporium where the history of people, things, events, and ideas have flourished. It hasn’t always been so. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/citizenship2012.htm Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:02:04 EST For the third consecutive year, the U. S. National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host a U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony at the national park as part of a national Constitution Day & Citizenship Day observance on Friday, September 14, 2012. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/preservation-in-progress.htm Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:30:00 EST The National Park Service is currently preserving multiple buildings at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, your urban national park. Just in time for Campfires and Candlelight on September 8, the park’s free annual signature event, park service staff are busy repainting the entire exterior of the Chief Factor’s House and re-chinking the Carpenter Shop. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/campfires-and-candlelight.htm Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:23:00 EST On September 8, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site’s free annual Campfires and Candlelight event continues signature re-enactments inside the fort while expanding military camps in the Timeline of History (along the Spruce Mill Trail) with new camps, more music, and more black powder demonstrations! http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/96-birthday.htm Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:54:57 EST Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will celebrate the 96th birthday of the National Park Service by holding an array of fun, immersive, and educational programs on Saturday, August 25. Highlights include archaeology digs and a chance for families to travel back in time and spend the night inside the reconstructed fort. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/esvbcaretaking.htm Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:14:35 EST The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is initiating important caretaking procedures this summer to preserve and protect the historic buildings and landscape of East and South Vancouver Barracks. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/south-barracks-open-to-public.htm Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:20:45 EST The National Park Service, Portland State University, and Washington State University Vancouver invite the public behind the chain link fences of South Barracks to visit the 11th Public Archaeology Field School at Fort Vancouver. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/applaunch.htm Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:46:05 EST Want to learn about history at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in a new way? There’s an app for that, as the Fort Vancouver Mobile app will make its public debut on June 9, in conjunction with a Brigade Encampment as well as National Get Outdoors Day. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/free-ishi-lecture.htm Thu, 24 May 2012 18:22:51 EST On August 28th, 1911, Ishi, the only surviving member of the Yahi tribe, walked to the outskirts of Oroville, California, alone, hungry and with his hair burned short in morning for the deaths of the last members of his family. Resigning himself to be captured by the Americans, and fully expecting to meet the same fate as that of his family and ancestors, Ishi instead found himself propelled to celebrity status in a world he couldn't have imagined. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/p2pevent.htm Thu, 17 May 2012 12:02:05 EST An exciting new chapter in Vancouver Barracks history will begin on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, as the East and South Vancouver Barracks closes as a U.S. Army Reserve post and becomes a national park. This free, day-long “Post to Park” ceremony begin at 1:00 p.m., with an official post closure ceremony at the Artillery Barracks building located at 600 East Hatheway Road in West Vancouver Barracks, followed at 2:00 p.m. by National Park Service tours and Fort Vancouver National Historic Site’s annual Soldiers Bivouac living history encampment on the park’s historic Parade Ground. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/junior-ranger-day-debuts-week-of-free-park-admission.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:20:09 EST A whole day of kids' activities celebrates Fort Vancouver's brand new Junior Ranger Program and a week of free park admission, while the Nez Perce Chief Redheart Memorial Ceremony marks stories still important to the site today. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/economicbenefits2012.htm Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:59:09 EST A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 786,000 visitors in 2010 spent $39.2 million at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (NHS) and in communities near the park’s units in Oregon and Washington State. The impacts of this visitor spending show that Fort Vancouver NHS supported more than 620 jobs in the area in 2010. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/esvbdraftmasterplan.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:05:20 EST In early 2012, the U.S. Army Reserve will formally relinquish all lands and structures within the East and South Vancouver Barracks to the National Park Service (NPS). This change will effectively end the longstanding military presence at the Vancouver Barracks, which was the first major U.S. Army post in the Pacific Northwest. To prepare for this important event, the National Park Service carefully developed a master plan for the preservation and reuse of the East and South Vancouver Barracks as part of the nationally significant Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (NHS). http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/new-program-explores-fur-trade-letters-and-army-postcards-connections-through-the-written-word.htm Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:42:51 EST For the first time ever, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site features an entire afternoon of activities centered on the power of connection through the written word. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/civilwartalk12-5-11.htm Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:11:22 EST In this year that the National Park Service is commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, Chief Ranger Greg Shine will describe the interesting role the Northwest played -- not only because its states and territories were part of the ongoing battle over freedom and slavery -- but also because of the army's particular relationship with the region's Native American groups. Shine will also detail the significance of Fort Vancouver leading up to and and during the war and the people and events of this region that influenced its outcome. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/naturalizationceremony2011.htm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:52:16 EST On Friday, September 16, the National Park Service (NPS) at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, in partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), will host the second annual Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Naturalization Ceremony.