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SUMMARY:History on Tap: Liberty Factory - A Look at the Kaiser Shipyards
DESCRIPTION:The Clark County Historical Museum is pleased to welcome back author and maritime journalist Peter Marsh for the next installment of its popular History on Tap series. Marsh will present “Liberty Factory: A Look at the Kaiser Shipyards” on Thursday\, February 19\, 2026\, at 7:00 PM at the Old Liberty Theater in Ridgefield. \nIn this engaging presentation\, Marsh will explore the remarkable story of Henry Kaiser’s World War II shipyards in the Pacific Northwest and their profound impact on the ports and communities of the lower Columbia River between 1940 and 1945. Drawing from rare photographs\, personal diaries\, and firsthand accounts\, Marsh brings to life the region’s vital—yet often overlooked—role in what President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called the “Arsenal of Democracy.” \nBorn in 1947 in Greenwich\, England\, Peter Marsh developed an early passion for boats and maritime history. After emigrating to the United States in 1972\, he settled in Portland and built a 20-foot sailboat by hand\, exploring much of the Pacific Northwest. These adventures launched a successful career in marine journalism\, where Marsh covered regional maritime life from fishing and recreation to commercial shipping. \nIn 1996\, Marsh inherited an extensive archive of papers and photographs from Larry Barber\, the late marine editor of The Oregonian. A visit to the D-Day beaches in Normandy inspired Marsh to take a closer look at Barber’s wartime materials\, uncovering a rich and detailed record of Oregon and Southwest Washington’s shipbuilding efforts during World War II. Over the past several years\, Marsh has shared this research with audiences throughout the lower Columbia River region\, helping to revive interest in the area’s critical contribution to the war effort. \nHistory on Tap is presented through the generous support of Old Liberty Theater\, Ridgefield Main Street\, and Building Industry Association of Clark County. Admission is $5 for the general public and free for CCHM members\, veterans\, and active-duty military personnel. Registration is required and available here.
URL:https://cchmuseum.org/calendar/history-on-tap-liberty-factory-a-look-at-the-kaiser-shipyards/
LOCATION:Old Liberty Theater\, 115 Main Ave\, Ridgefield\, WA\, 98642\, United States
CATEGORIES:History on Tap
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SUMMARY:Liberty Factory: A Look at the Kaiser Shipyards
DESCRIPTION:The Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM) welcomes author and maritime journalist\, Peter Marsh\, to the Speaker Series program with his presentation\, “Liberty Factory: A Look at the Kaiser Shipyards\,” on Thursday\, July 11\, 2024\, at 7:00 pm. This presentation will occur at the Clark County Historical Museum (1511 Main Street\, Vancouver\, WA 98660.) \nIn this talk\, Peter Marsh will describe the amazing history of Henry Kaiser’s WWII Oregon shipyards and their impact on the ports and populations of the lower Columbia River from 1940 to 1945. \nPeter Marsh was born and raised in Greenwich in SE London–the home of 0 degrees longitude and GMT. He has lived in the USA for over 50 years and began building and sailing a 20’ micro cruiser in Portland in 1981. After sailing from Olympia to Glacier Bay and back twice in 1982 and 1988\, he began reporting about yachts and commercial craft on the lower Columbia River for the Freshwater News boating paper. In the 1990s\, he became acquainted with Larry Barber\, the last marine editor of the Oregonian\, who continued writing about the local baiting scene after he retired. \nBarber had been the leading reporter covering WWII ship building in Portland\, especially the achievements of Henry Kaiser’s three emergency shipyards. He reprised some of these stories for the boating paper\, most notably the exploits of the Kaiser yard in St. Johns in North Portland that launched 334 Liberty ships in four years. He called the story “Liberty Ship Capital of the World\,” and continued to recall the incredible exploits of Kaiser’s two Portland yards and the Vancouver yard\, “the Escort Carrier Champions\,” until he died in 1996. \nLarry’s widow gave Peter her husband’s archives but it was another 20 years before he finally began to seriously study them with the goal of producing a book to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in 2020. This is the first book to review the region’s forgotten history of wartime shipbuilding\, which employed over 180\,000 people—30\,000 of them women who were trained in a few weeks to become welders\, machinists\, electricians etc. \n“Liberty Factory: A Look at the Kaiser Shipyards” is part of the CCHM’s ongoing Speaker Series\, which features talks by local historians\, authors\, and experts on a variety of topics related to Clark County history. \nThe CCHM Speaker Series is presented by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission. This month’s presentation is sponsored by the Building Industry Association. Admission to the presentation is $5 for the general public and free for CCHM members\, veterans\, and active-duty military personnel. \nFor more information about the Clark County Historical Museum or the Speaker Series\, please contact us at outreach@cchmuseum.org\, visit the museum’s website at cchmuseum.org\, or call 360-993-5679.
URL:https://cchmuseum.org/calendar/2024-cchm-speaker-series-2/
LOCATION:Clark County Historical Museum\, 1511 Main St.\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98660\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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