Fort Vancouver Lantern-lit Tour – A Trip Back in Time

Posted @ Dec. 09 2011 05:18PM by Susan - out-and-about

History and holiday merriment combine for fun outing

Story by Chere Weiss • Photos courtesy of National Park Service

Slow down, take a deep breath and make a time warp visit to an old fashioned Christmas at Fort Vancouver. Volunteer docents in period costumes carry on their holiday merriment in character and authentic dress inside the officer’s mess hall and outside on the grounds of the fort. Candlelight casts lovely shadows around the furnishings decorated in the simple tradition of Christmas long ago. You will be touring through the fort buildings and enjoying hot cider with the costumed interpreters! I have a wonderful memory of the time my family did the tour when they were little ones, pure magic.
IF YOU GO
Where: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 1001 E. 5th Street, Vancouver, WA.
When: December 17th. Tours start at 7pm, however please arrive no later than 6:30 pm. Tours last 90 minutes.


Cost: $10 for adults and $7 for children under 15 years of age.
Reservations required.

 Info and How to Reserve: Call Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 360-816-6230 or click HERE.
Dress for the weather and be prepared for something out of the ordinary to share with family and friends this Christmas season.

What aspects of old-fashioned Christmas festivities do you wish we still followed? What does our modern-day culture do for the holidays that our ancestors mights have liked? Please share thoughts in the comment space below.

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Chere Weiss is one of CRR's online writers. Read about her by clicking HERE.