The Enhancement Days Festival at Fort Worden State Park will complete the year-long centennial celebration over the next two weekends.
Free performances, wildlife cruises, scenic volkswalking courses, visual art happenings and a found object quiz are among the festivities of Fort Worden 2002 Centennial’s third festival, Oct. 11-20. Co-hosted by the Friends of Fort Worden and Washington State Parks, the event celebrates the preservation of Fort Worden State Park as a national historic landmark and its evolution into an international model of recreation-arts-education collaboration.
A commemorative quilt and postmark will be on display today, Oct. 11. Cabin Fever Quilters have made a wall hanging depicting important historical elements of the fort as well as contemporary scenes. The quilt will be on display beginning at 10 a.m. in the cell of the Guardhouse Visitor Center and Gift Shop.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Port Townsend Postmaster Jim Espensen will operate the Centennial Postal Station at the Guardhouse. A commemorative cancellation postmark will be applied to any item bearing first-class postage. The postmark features the park’s marine life and is the third of four original Centennial cancellation stamps provided by the United States Postal Service.
Ongoing Daily:
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Guardhouse Visitor Center and Gift Shop
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Centennial Commemorative Quilt on display Cell of Guardhouse Visitor Center
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Art Port Townsend visual arts exhibition, Building 204
Noon – 4 p.m.: Commanding Officer’s Quarters, open weekends,, $1
Noon – 4 p.m.: Port Townsend Marine Science Center, $3/$2
Noon – 4 p.m.: Puget Sound Coast Artillery Museum, $2/$1
Reunion Center and History Project, By appointment 360-344-4442
Interpretive Historical Park Tours, By appointment 360-344-4402
Friday, Oct. 11
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.: United States Postal Service commemorative postmark, cache envelope, Temporary Postal Station in Guardhouse
12:30 p.m.: Guided Beach Walk, Start at Natural History Exhibit
Saturday, Oct. 12
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Centennial 5k and 10k Volkswalk. Registration at Kitchen Shelter
9 a.m. – Noon: Cross Country Invitational, public race first. Register at trail behind Mule Barn
9:45 a.m. Flag Raising Ceremony, Parade Ground
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Art Port Townsend exhibition opens, Building 204
Noon – 4 p.m.: Children’s Festival ArtDaze for ages 5-11, USO Hall
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Wildlife Cruise by PT Marine Science Center, $45, $40, to Protection Island
2 p.m.- 4 p.m.: Centennial free concert: Wild Rose Chorale, Washington National Guard Band, and “The Fort Worden Story,” McCurdy Pavilion
2:30 p.m.: “Who Eats Whom?” interpretive program, Marine Exhibit
4:15 p.m.: Flag Lowering Ceremony, Parade Ground
4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.: “War Buddies,” one act play, Battery Putnam.
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Art Port Townsend Awards Ceremony Reception, Building 204
Sunday, Oct. 13
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Natural Artifacts Road Show, found object quiz, fee, Natural History Exhibit
1 p.m.: Art PT Lecture: Jim McDonald, Nature in Northwest Art, Building 204
4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.: “War Buddies,” one-act play, Battery Putnam.
Tuesday, Oct. 15
7 p.m.: Art PT Lecture: Max Grover, painter, illustrator, $3, Building 204
Wednesday, Oct. 16
7 p.m.: Art PT Lecture: Leslie Cox, painter, $3, Building 204
Thursday, Oct. 17
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: PTMSC/Audubon Society, “Four-Legged Friends and Wildlife,” Natural History Exhibit
7 p.m.: Art PT Lecture: Danny Adams, painter, $3, Building 204
Friday, Oct. 18
12 p.m. – 5 p.m.: Northwest Maritime Quilt Show, Building 204
12:30 p.m.: Guided Beach Walk, Start at Natural History Exhibit
1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Steamship Exhibition by Northwest Steam Society, Beach Area
7 p.m.: Art PT, Olympic Artists Slide Show, Building 204
Saturday, Oct. 19
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Steamship Exhibition by Northwest Steam Society, Beach Area
11 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Northwest Maritime Quilt Show, Building 204
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Wildlife Cruise by PT Marine Science Center, $40-45, PT to Protection Island
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Lighthouse Tours by Coast Guard Auxiliary, Point Wilson
2:30 p.m.: Puget Sound Food Webs interpretive program, free with exhibit fee, Marine Exhibit
5:30 p.m.: Centrum Gala Dinner, Dance and Auction, $50, waiting list, 360-385-3102
Sunday, Oct. 20
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Northwest Maritime Quilt Show, Building 204
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Steamship Exhibition by Northwest Steam. Society, Beach Area
2:30 p.m.: “Alcids: Penguins of the North?” with Johanna King, free with exhibit fee, Natural History exhibit
