http://www.nps.gov/fova News releases from Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. en-us http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/fort-vancouver-hosts-naia-national-cross-country-championships.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:31 EST On Saturday, November 21, 2009, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/fort-vancouver-visitation-surpasses-one-million.htm Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:09:28 EST Visitation to Fort Vancouver NHS surpassed the one million mark in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. This is the highest visitation ever recorded at the park. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/twitter.htm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:01:47 EST Follow the park on Twitter! http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/tales09.htm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:40 EST The Tales of the Engagé, a campfire program of stories and tall tales, gives visitors an opportunity to hear of the life of the Engagés, the French Canadian "engaged" or contract workers of the Hudson’s Bay Company. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/five-fantastic-free-family-activities.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:20:49 EST Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, the only unit of the national park system in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, is FEATURING FIVE FANTASTIC FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES the weekend of August 14-16, 2009. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/free-programs-on-officers-row-continue.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:08:06 EST Every Friday through September 18, 2009, the public is encouraged to continue to join costumed staff and volunteers as they interpret life at Vancouver Barracks in the second half of the nineteenth century. How did the officers of Vancouver Barracks spend their evenings, and what did their families do while on post? Find out every Friday with the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site’s "Evening on the Row" free program series. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/beat-the-heat-at-fort-vancouver-with-sneak-peek-of-ken-burns-new-series.htm Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:47:07 EST In response to all-time high temperatures in the Portland/Vancouver metro area, today Superintendent Tracy Fortmann announced that through the weekend the park will be offering a special free indoor activity in the park's air-conditioned Visitor Center Theater: the showing of a 45-minute "sneak peek" of acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns' and Florentine Films’ new series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/nps-director.htm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:24:20 EST President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he intends to nominate Jonathan Jarvis to be director of the National Park Service has been widely praised by those familiar with his work in Washington State, including Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/soldiers-bivouac-2009.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:29:51 EST Schedule for the 2009 Soldiers Bivouac and 1860s Vintage Base Ball Match Game are announced.