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March 22 - 26th

 

SPRING BREAK FUN at the Columbia River Maritime Museum
10:30 - 3:30 daily
THEME: Rescue at Sea

Visit the Columbia River Maritime Museum for a week full of family fun. Programs include engaging, hands-on, interactive activities and displays. The topic for spring break 2010 is “Rescue at Sea.” See if you can get into a survival suit in less than 30 seconds, just like real fishermen. Climb inside an
inflatable 20 person life raft and sample the survival food and water stocked inside. Learn how to use Morse Code and other life saving techniques and make your own “man overboard” signal flag to bring home with you!

 

Family programs are free with paid admission to the Museum and always free for Museum members. Program runs Monday through Friday from 10:30 am - 3:30 pm March 22-26.

 

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Saturday, March 27th

 

SPRING BREAK SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Columbia River Maritime Museum

Author Bonnie Henderson. 2:30 pm

BOOK & PRESENTATION: Strand, An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
Listen to noted travel writer, amateur naturalist and avid outdoorswoman Bonnie Henderson at the Columbia River Maritime Museum on Saturday, March 27th at 2:30 pm, as she talks about her beachcombing experiences as depicted in her latest novel, Strand, An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris. In Strand, Henderson traces the stories of wrack washed up on the mile-long stretch of Oregon beach
she has walked for more than a decade. Her book, Strand was named as one of the Seattle Times Best Books of 2008, and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards.

 

The burned hull of a long-abandoned fishing boat, a glass fishing float, the egg case of a skate, a beached minke whale, an unusual number of dead murres, and an athletic shoe are Henderson’s starting points for stories that reach across the globe. As Henderson uncovers these odysseys, she takes a thoughtful look at the surprising far-ranging journeys of what washes up on our Pacific shores.

Author of multiple books, Bonnie Henderson began her career in journalism at the Seaside Signal. She now lives in Eugene, Oregon. In 1995, she began volunteering for CoastWatch, a program of the Oregon Shores Conservation

Family programs are free with paid admission to the Museum and always free for Museum members.

 

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Wednesday, March 31

Fort Clatsop Guest Speaker

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is pleased to
announce a special free speaker event: Lewis to Linnard
Letter; a Valuable and Neglected Original Document by Lorna Hainesworth.
1:00 p.m.

Happily, even after more than 200 years, previously unknown information
about Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery is still
being “discovered.” Just such a discovery involves a letter written by
Lewis to military agent William Linnard in Philadelphia on June 6, 1803. By
all indications, this letter was heretofore unknown to most Lewis and Clark
scholars. The contents of this letter serve to correct a few
misconceptions and fill in several critical gaps regarding the preparation
phase of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Through the letter we meet some
interesting historical figures as well as gain an understanding of where
and when Lewis traveled by land and how he acquired, packed and shipped his
supplies from Philadelphia and Harpers Ferry to Pittsburgh. Lorna
Hainesworth speaks on the Lewis to Linnard Letter along with related
documents using a PowerPoint presentation and live narrative. Images of
original documents are included in the presentation and attendees receive a
transcript of each letter included in Lorna's talk.

Lorna Hainesworth's interest in the Lewis and Clark Expedition began with
her visit to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St Louis,
Missouri, 10 years ago. She conducted an intensive study of the Corps of
Discovery's Expedition, which formed the basis for her own expedition of
discovery. In 2004, Lorna retraced the Lewis and Clark Trail beginning in
Washington D.C. and ending at the Pacific Coast. This adventure was later
described her book, Road Spirit Rules. Lorna is on the board of directors
of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and is the Lewis and Clark
resource contact for the Frederick County Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Hessian Barracks in Frederick, Maryland, which is her
state of residence. Over the past few years, she has become increasingly
involved in researching primary sources to discover heretofore-unknown
aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the factors that led up to that
event and the circumstances that developed in the aftermath of the
expedition.

This event is sponsored by the Lewis and Clark National Park Association,
the Oregon Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the
park. This program is in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor
center and is free of charge. For more information, call the park at (503)
861-2471.

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April 21, 2010

 

Region 10 Spring Workshops. Go to the Home page for locations and more informatoin.

 

 

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