Living History Company Performances
History comes alive every weekend at Fort Walla Walla Museum!
April through October performances at 2:00 pm every Sunday,
PLUS Saturdays, June through August.
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History comes alive as Small Business Center Manager
Rich Monacelli portrays William McBean,
Hudson's Bay Company Trader,
in a Living History presentation
Sunday, May 11 at 2:00 pm in the
Museum's pioneer settlement
(indoors in the event of inclement weather)
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Museum membership entitles you to free admission to all
Fort Walla Walla Museum Living History performances
and now includes cost-free admission to
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
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Meet the people who built a heritage!
The 2008 Living History Schedule:
performances at 2:00 pm each Sunday
plus Saturdays, June through August
Date |
Historical Figures & Presentations |
Historical Interpreters |
April 6 |
Woods, Moorehouse, Nichols & Miller, Seventh Day Adventist pioneers |
Evelyn Derby, Cleo Wentland, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman |
April 13 |
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Galen Tom |
April 20 |
E.B. Whitman, Walla Walla's first elected Mayor |
Dan Clark |
April 27 |
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Ron Klicker |
May 4 |
Rev. Cushing Eells - Protestant missionary |
Rogers Miles |
May 11 |
William McBean, Hudson's Bay Company trader |
Rich Monacelli |
May 18 |
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Joel Fitts |
May 25 |
Michael McCarthy, soldier & militiaman |
Bob Bennett |
June 1 |
Fred Stine, blacksmith & builder |
Charles Saranto |
June 7 |
Lucie Isaacs, patron of the arts & suffragist |
Liz George |
| June 8 |
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David & Jill Emigh |
June 14 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 15 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 21 |
James McAuliff, merchant, musician, & mayor |
Clark Colahan |
June 22 |
Nancy Wiseman |
Harriet Hart Beach |
June 28 |
Andrew Dominique Pambrun, Hudson's Bay Company trader & adventurer |
Sam Pambrun |
June 29 |
Father J. B. A. Brouillet, pioneer Catholic missionary |
Jeannot Poirot |
July 5 |
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Judith Fortney |
July 6 |
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Barbara Daniel |
July 12 |
William Rockfellow, pony express, miner, hotel keeper |
Dick Phillips |
July 13 |
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Diane Kaye |
July 19 |
Josephine Wolfe, pioneer madame |
Lois Hahn |
July 20 |
Remy DeRuwe & Richard Jackson, pioneer sheep farmers |
Raymond DeRuwe & Merle Jackson |
July 26 |
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Barbara Clark |
July 27 |
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Rich Monacelli |
| August 2 |
Ed & Elizabeth Burlingame,
ditch diggers & developers |
Tom Williams & Jill Zagelow |
| August 3 |
Woods, Moorehouse, Nichols & Miller, Seventh Day Adventist pioneers |
Evelyn Derby, Cleo Wentland, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman |
August 9 |
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Mike Bates |
August 10 |
Cushing & Myra Eels,
Protestant missionaries |
Rogers Miles & Barbara Coddington |
August 16 |
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Steve Rubin |
August 17 |
Fred Stine, blacksmith & builder |
Charles Saranto |
August 23 |
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Barbara Daniel |
August 24 |
Frenchtown Rendezvous with Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Andrew Pambrun, William McBean, and Father J.B.A. Brouillet |
Judith Fortney, Sam Pambrun, Rich Monacelli, and Jeannot Poirot |
| August 30 |
Women's History Celebration with Lucie Isaacs & Women of Walla Walla, 88th anniversary of 19th amendment, guaranteeing American Women's right to vote |
Liz George & friends |
August 31 |
John Abbott, stage coach operator & miner |
Rod Hahn |
| Sept. 7 |
Annie Mix, New Orleans lady |
Deana Underwood |
Sept. 14 |
Sam Black, Hudson Bay Company farmer |
Tom Williams |
Sept. 22 |
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Dan & Barb Clark and friends |
Sept. 23 |
Fall Harvest Festival/
German Heritage Day
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Anne Heaton, Charles Saranto, Auralea Blackman, und freunden (and friends) |
Sept. 28 |
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Art Shinbo |
October 5 |
Frank Orselli & Pasquale Saturno, Italian farmers and immigrants |
David Venneri & Doug Saturno |
October 12 |
Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief |
Greg Van Donge |
October 19 |
James McAuliff, merchant, musician, & mayor |
Clark Colahan |
October 26 |
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The Full Company |
updated May 8, 2008
NOTE: All performers are volunteers.
Programs subject to change without notice. Call ahead to confirm appearances.
Looking for off-site heritage programs?
Contact the Museum at (509)525-7703 or info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.
Members of the Living History Company can be available for presentations at your event.
Interested in participating?
There are many characters ... men, women, and children ...
of the Walla Walla region's past whose stories currently go untold.
Join the fun and contribute to heritage, committing to only a few hours each season.
Call (509)525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org for more information.
Opportunities are available to support the Living History Company and many other facets of the Museum. You can help present the past to future generations by clicking the DONATE NOW button in the tool bar at left and specifying your area of interest. For more information contact the Museum at (509)525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.
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