Betsy Millard
Bill Garvin and Donella Lucero explore the ‘Hometown Teams’ exhibit.
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‘How Sports Shape America’
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BY EMILY LINDBLOM
If You Go
“Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape
America”
Columbia Pacifi c Heritage Museum
F
rom the idea of rivalries to the rea-
son people eat nachos at the ballpark,
the exhibit “Hometown Teams: How
Sports Shape America” runs the gamut of
sports history and the cultural signifi cance of
local sports.
Visitors to the Columbia Pacifi c Heri-
tage Museum in Ilwaco, Washington, get to
see this traveling exhibit from the Smithso-
nian Museum’s program, Museum on Main
Street, along with vintage photos of sports
teams from the Long Beach Peninsula in
Washington.
Betsy Millard, executive director of the
museum, said people don’t need to be sports
115 Lake St SE, Ilwaco, Wash.
Now through Jan. 4
10 a.m. — 4 p.m., closed Sunday and
Monday
$5 adults, $4 seniors, $2.50 youth, children
under 12 free
fans to enjoy this exhibit. It delves into the
cultural importance of the role sports play in
communities, including the way language
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