On the 4th Sunday of each month during 2009 (except November
which will be held on the second Sunday) John Salicco will be presenting a
series of informal presentations and workshops for reenactors and the
general public in the newly finished
Large Storehouse at Fort Nisqually Living
History Museum in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA. (Paid admission to
the Fort is required, please contact Fort Nisqually for details on
admission.) These presentations will focus on
historical events and items of interest relative to the heritage and
development of Washington State and the Puget Sound.
The Program Calendar
Each
presentation will commence with 5 to 10 minutes on various news stories of
the month in history as reported in period publications.
January
1/25
at 2:00PM. As Jacques Portier retired Nor' Wester, John will share French Songs of the
19th Century Northwest Fur Trade.
February
2/22
at 2:00PM.
Kumtux Chinook? As Jacques Portier retired Nor’Wester, John will cover aspects of the Chinook Jargon and it
role in the early Northwest.
March
3/22
at 2:00PM.
Kumtux Chinook, weght? As Jacques
Portier, retired Nor’Wester, John will hold a workshop to assist
participants wanting to learn some practical Chinook Jargon in a living
history context.
April
4/26
at 2:00PM.
Story telling (Part 1 of 2 parts).
This is theater in its most intimate form. By flickering fire light at the
end of the day or on a quiet afternoon among friends with nothing more
important to do, a good story takes us back to our social beginnings. There
exists an ebb and flow of nuance and expression between narrator and
audience. John will tell a couple of tales and hold a workshop on this
ageless tradition.
May
5/24
at 2:00PM.
Story telling (Part 2 of 2 parts).
John will tell a tale or two and
continue the workshop on story telling.
June
6/28
at 2:00PM. The
banjo and the guitar of the 19th Century.
John will present a combination of history and music from the 19th
Century.
Program to be announced.
July
7/26
at 2:00PM.
Bourgeois and Voyageur; What they really looked like.
A discussion of attire among the North West Company and HBC in the 18th
and 19th Century. The focus will be on male fashion, but there
will also be some discussion of common female attire.
August
8/23
at 2:00PM. 75
years in Point Defiance Park. John
will cover the inspiring story of how Fort Nisqually, in the midst of the
Great Depression of the 20th Century, ended up in Tacoma’s Point
Defiance Park.
September
9/27
at 2:00PM.
Newspapers and journalism of the 19th Century.
How much did the average Puget Sound resident of the 1850s know about the
world around him? As Mart Taylor, a travelling American entertainer, John
will discuss news events of the 1850s and share authentic publications of
the time period.
October
10/25
at 2:00PM.
Birch Bark Canoes. A discussion of
the “Pick-up Truck” of the fur trade. As Old Nor'Wester Jacques Portier,
John will discuss travelling the Voyageur Highway by birch bark canoe in the
18th and 19th Century.
November
11/15
at 2:00PM. As
Congressman John Quincy Adams, John
will discuss Eastern influences on the development of Washington State
focusing on the "Convention of 1818"
allowing for joint occupation and
settlement of the Oregon Country, the present day States of Washington and
Oregon.
December
12/27
at 2:00PM.
“Jour
de L'an”.
Come join with Jacques Portier, Old Nor'Wester and celebrate the day of the
New Year. Songs, stories and the poetry of William Henry Drummond.
