Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Fort Vancouver Campfires and Candlelight

A Trip Back in Time.

Enjoy living history at the annual Fort Vancouver Campfire and Candlelight event on September 8, 2012 from 4 pm to 10 pm. A full schedule of events are planned, with free admission to both Pearson Air Museum and Fort Vancouver.

“Campfires and Candlelight is Fort Vancouver’s largest costumed re-enactment, only possible with the help of more than 150 costumed interpreters from the park’s volunteer team, the park’s youth volunteer team, and multiple community partners. This year, the event includes signature components like cannon firings, Oregon Trail families, and blacksmiths, bakers, and carpenters hard at work, in addition to an extensive Timeline of History to showcase military history at Vancouver Barracks over time.

Campfires and Candlelight begins at Pearson Air Museum, which focuses on pre-World War II aircraft and features a dramatic lighting scheme to complement the candlelight ambience at the fort.

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Pearson Air Museum Open Cockpit Day

Kids Take Flight in Vancouver.

The annual Open Cockpit Day at the Pearson Air Museum (1115 East 5th Street, Vancouver) will be Saturday, August 25, 2012 between 9 am and 5 pm.

This is the one day a year when the “DO NOT CLIMB” and “DO NOT TOUCH” signs are removed, and visitors will have the opportunity to climb into the cockpits of several historic aircraft and see the controls from the pilot’s perspective. Check out the new Flight Simulator Lab and try your hand at landing a plane on Pearson Field!

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Old Fashioned Baseball Game at Fort Vancouver.

The Vancouver Occidentals are Vancouver’s original baseball team, and they are ready to play some ball! It’s baseball, 1860’s style, and you can “catch” it on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Game time begins at 6 pm and lasts about 2 hours.

You will think you stepped back in time at this Vintage Baseball Game played at Fort Vancouver. Not only are the players in costume, even the fans get into character. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and even the band, dressed in 1860’s attire.

This gloveless game with wooden bats is played by very different rules. “Striker to the line”, means the batter is up. He takes a couple of practice swings and then shows the hurler (pitcher) where he would like the ball. The ball is pitched underhand and it is the job of the hurler to get the ball into play. There are no strikes, no balls and a batter can only “strike out” if he swings and misses at three pitches. Also a ball caught after the first bounce is also considered an out. It was a real gentleman’s game played just for fun.

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