GEORGE VANCOUVER DAY

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Why do we call the mountains Hood instead of Wy’east, Saint Helens instead of Loowit, Rainier instead of Tahoma?&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Join us on June 22<sup>nd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to celebrate George Vancouver’s birthday to find out.&nbsp; Our city’s namesake isn’t as famous as Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magelleon but in the 1790s he completed the greatest voyage of the Age of Sail.&nbsp; His expedition changed the course of history for the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and California.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Local historian, Kevin Spaeth, will present on the legacy of George Vancouver and how it shaped the Pacific Northwest, the United States and the Empires of Spain, England, and Russian.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">All proceeds go to benefit Metropolitan Performing Arts, the newest member of the Vancouver Arts Triangle.&nbsp; This presentation is brought to you by The Standard and Manulife John Hancock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tickets are $20, $15 for students.&nbsp;<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></p>PT2H2026-06-22GEORGE VANCOUVER DAY"GEORGE VANCOUVER DAY"

Showtimes

June 22, 7:30 pm

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