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House, Counting House, Carpen
ters Shop, Kitchen, and Dispensary.
Campfires and Candlelight is Fort
Vancouver's largest costumed re
enactment, and is only possible
through the help of more than 150
costumed interpreters from the park's
volunteer team, the park’s youth
volunteer team, and multiple com
A youth volunteer plays dominoes in the Oregon Trail Camp at the Fort Vancouver National
Historic Site.
Living History at Fort Vancouver
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Costumed re-enactments highlight Saturday events
On Saturday, Sept. 14,from4p.m.
to 10 p.m., the National Park Service
at Fort Vancouver National Historic
Site will host the Campfires and
Candlelight signature community
event for the 30th consecutive year,
The interactive, living history
event features costumed staff and
more than 150 volunteers in encamp-
ments and re-enactments on the
grounds and inside the buildings of
the reconstructed Hudson's Bay
Company fort at the national his-
toric site.
The tour begins by leading visi-
tors back through the site's past,
where encampments and demon-
strations shadow the lantern-lit
ADA accessible pathway and high-
light key people and events from the
site's history.
Visitors can scrub rags against a
washboard alongside a 19th cen-
tury Army washerwomen; tap rudi-
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Civil W ar soldiers; cover ears at th
boom of an Army mountain howit
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the lantern-lit canvas of an Oregoi
Trail wagon; and spark a fire witl
flint and steel and throw trade axe!
in the Fort Vancouver Village camp,
Visitors can observe and interact
with re-enactors in numerous fori
buildings, including the Blacksmith
Shop, Bake House, Chief Factor's
munity partners.
Carpooling is encouraged as
parking is limited. Event parking can
be found at the gravel lot immedi
ately north o f the fort's garden on
Fifth Street, at the Visitor Center
parking lot located at 1501 E. Ever
green Blvd., and available public
parking areas within the Reserve.
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