Campfires to Candle Lights

    Last Saturday we volunteered at Fort Vancouver's annual event "Campfires to Candlelight".  It is, by far, their largest event of the year with over an attendance of over 5000.  Stating at the street visitors pass thru areas of World War II, WWI, Civil War, Oregon Trail all with costumed volunteers , tents, accessories, and equipment on their way into the fort.  The fort was set up to be in the Date of Sept 9, 1845.  The buildings were open, costumed volunteers portrayed historic people that would have been in the fort on that day.  This was before the west had become part of the United States.  England still thought that all or part of the Northwest would become English territory.  It was turbulent times for both countries.
    It was a fun event.