More than a century of clothing designs will be on display Saturday at Fort Vancouver’s annual Summer’s End Promenade.
The session will be from 1 to 3 p.m. It is part of the National Park Service’s observance of National Public Lands Day, which means free admission Saturday to Fort Vancouver’s replica stockade.
Volunteers representing men, women and children who were at Fort Vancouver from the 1840s through the 1940s will take part.
“It’s a chance to show off what we have in the costume shop,” said Eileen Trestain, coordinator of the costume and textile department at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
If You Go
• What: Summer’s End Promenade.
• When: 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday.
• Where: Officers Row/Fort Vancouver.
• Also: Saturday is Public Lands Day. Admission is free at all national parks, including Fort Vancouver.
The re-enactors will stroll down Officers Row and along the historic site’s Parade Ground, stopping at the Grant House and its veranda.
Visitors are invited to stop and have one-on-one conversations with the participants about what was taking place at Fort Vancouver, at Vancouver Barracks and in the Pacific Northwest during the eras they represents.
If there is rain, the promenade will visit the Grant House and then relocate to Pearson Air Museum, 1115 E. Fifth St., in the historic hangar.
The costume department’s volunteers also will be on hand to talk about clothing construction and styles.
National Public Lands Day is observed on the last Saturday in September. It is the nation’s largest volunteer day for public lands. About 200,000 volunteers will participate in 2,500 events, according to the National Park Service.
It is a fee-free day for the National Park Service, as well as other agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service.
All national parks, including Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, will waive their admission fees on Saturday.
