CCHM Speaker Series
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesTickets purchased at the door.
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“Vancouver Goes to the Movies” with Andy Gregg
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesDrawing on his research into the golden age of movie theaters in Vancouver, Gregg explores Vancouver’s movie-going history with a look back at the rise and fall of the single screen theater as well the ways in which movies helped bridge social and racial divides.
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Fourth Plain Forward: Building Community
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesClark County Historical Museum’s 2022 Speaker Series continues on Thursday, September 1, with “Fourth Plain Forward: Building Community” presented by Fourth Plain Forward director, Paul Burgess, CCHM public historian, Katie Bush, and CCHM public history intern, Tanaka Axberg. The event will occur in-person at the Clark County Historical Museum. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m.
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Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesIn this talk, Chinook Indian Nation citizen and Vice Chair, Sam Robinson, explores the history of the Chinook People and their continued fight for Tribal Recognition. He’ll discuss the importance of recognition for Indigenous Nations, like the Chinook, and provide an insight into where their status stands today.
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Preserving History: The Historic Preservation Commission
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesJoin CCHM and members of the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission to learn more about the Commission, why preservation is so important, and how you can support HPC's efforts to protect our historic and cultural resources.
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Chkalov’s Transpolar Flight to Vancouver
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesJoin us as Columbia River High School student, Luke Hildreth, explores the question, "How significant was Chkalov’s flight to Vancouver and what was its significance on politics, culture, and aviation in both the Soviet Union and America?"
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Defending Democracy: Founding of League of Women Voters in Clark County
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesOn the heels of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote in 1920, feisty Ruth Karr McKee gathered Vancouver's key women activists to found the League of Women Voters of Clark County (LWVCC). Join LWVCC members, Liz Backstrom and Tracy Reilly Kelly, as they explore this astonishing advocate, as well as what the early League did for progressive, non-partisan action. Their discussion will cover 1920 up to the early World War II years.
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Hidden Histories: The South Vietnamese Side of the Vietnam War
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesThe Vietnam War is seen by much of the Western world as being fought between the Americans and North Vietnamese Communists, with the South Vietnamese largely absent. Yet many Vietnamese refugees who came to America after the war served in the South Vietnamese military, and there is little recognition and understanding of their contributions and role in the war. In fact, in American and Vietnamese Communist histories, the South Vietnamese are painted as corrupt, apathetic sidekicks to the Americans. How did the South Vietnamese military really experience the Vietnam War? Historian Julie Pham draws from interviews she conducted with 40 South Vietnamese military veterans in the United States, and illuminates how people can remember historical events differently.
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The Historic Music Preservation Project: Preserving Historic Music for Future Generations
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesThe Historic Music Preservation Project is dedicated to the preservation and cataloging of historic popular dance sheet music published between 1880 and 1955. The organization's commitment to introducing this music to a new audience is achieved through the performance of The Ne Plus Ultra Jazz Orchestra, an 11 piece ensemble which presents this music exactly as it was heard in its heyday. The organization also presents a quartet, Ensemble Gitane, performing music from the collection is the hot jazz style of Django Reinhardt.
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A Search for Acceptance: The Joys and Challenges of Clark County’s LGBTQ+ Community from Early Contact Through Today
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesFrom the life and times of Henry Allen through the public “hysteria” over homosexuality in the mid to late 1900s and the tragedy of Nikki Kuhnhausen in 2019, Clark County's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning population has long found themselves the target for criminalization, victimization, and erasure. In this talk, April will look at the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Clark County - both their struggles and their victories.
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Behind the Scenes: CCHM Collections Show & Tell
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesLearn from CCHM collections manager, Liza Schade, how CCHM cares for our collection through preservation and public access; see some of the interesting and newest donations; and find out how we use these treasures to inform people about the region’s heritage and its importance in their daily lives.
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Will the 2020s Roar like the 1920s?
Clark County Historical Museum 1511 Main St., Vancouver, WA, United StatesA pandemic, protests, and economic jolts ushered in the so-called “Roaring Twenties.” Americans adjusted in ways both innovative and counterproductive. Humanities Washington Speaker William Woodward ask the question "What lessons from the 1920s can we apply to our own looming 20s?"
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