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? </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. 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. 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. 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. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>PT2H2026-06-22GEORGE VANCOUVER DAY"GEORGE VANCOUVER DAY"Showtimes