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Clark County Veterans Hiring and Resource Fair
2023-04-19 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Armed Forces Reserve Center, 15005 NE 65th Street , Vancouver, WA, United States
10:00 am – 11:00 am Veterans only
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Doors open to everyone

Chateau Temporarily Closed for Lunch
2023-04-18, 2023-04-17, 2023-04-11 | WA

Watch for new lunch dates coming soon
2023-04-16 | WA

CMAC Regular Meeting
2023-04-14 08:30 - 10:00 | WA
Our next regular CMAC meeting will be tomorrow, Friday, April 14th at 8:30am both in person at the 40et8 and via Zoom.
Attached below is Friday’s Meeting agenda, Our Community Salutes agenda, Heroes Night agenda, Hereos Night Participant Interest Form and flyer and the meeting minutes from our March 31, 2023 regular meeting.
If you know anyone who is interested in learning more about CMAC or wants to get involved in our events, we would love to have you invite them to join us Friday.

The 40et8 Boxcar Address:
2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA 98665
Here is the link to join via Zoom Friday.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84165895360?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 841 6589 5360
Passcode: [REDACTED]
If you are attending a CMAC meeting for the first time either in person or via Zoom, welcome. We look forward to having you join us.

Chateau Closed
2023-04-08 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States
No one available to open due to illness.

Hidden Histories: The South Vietnamese Side of the Vietnam War
2023-04-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
Hidden Histories: The South Vietnamese Side of the Vietnam War
Clark County Historical Museum and Humanities Washington, as part of the 2023 CCHM Speaker Series, are excited to have Julie Pham bring her impactful presentation “Hidden Histories: The South Vietnamese Side of the Vietnam War” to Southwest Washington. The event will occur on Thursday, April 6, 2023 in person at the Clark County Historical Museum (1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660). Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m.
The Vietnam War is seen by much of the Western world as being fought between the Americans and North Vietnamese Communists, with the South Vietnamese largely absent. Yet many Vietnamese refugees who came to America after the war served in the South Vietnamese military, and there is little recognition and understanding of their contributions and role in the war. In fact, in American and Vietnamese Communist histories, the South Vietnamese are painted as corrupt, apathetic sidekicks to the Americans. How did the South Vietnamese military really experience the Vietnam War? Historian Julie Pham draws from interviews she conducted with 40 South Vietnamese military veterans in the United States, and illuminates how people can remember historical events differently.
Julie Pham (she/her) is the CEO of CuriosityBased, a consulting practice focused on fostering curiosity in the workplace. Her family owns Northwest Vietnamese News. She published Their War: The Perspectives of the South Vietnamese Military in the Words of Veteran-Emigres in 2019. She earned her PhD in history from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar.
Pham lives in Seattle.
The CCHM Speaker Series is sponsored by the Humanities Washington, Clark County Historic Preservation Commission, and the League of Women Voters of Clark County. Thanks to support from Humanities Washington this event is free to the public.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited.
For more information, contact the museum at 360-993-5679 or outreach@cchmuseum.org.

Portland VA Benefits Office Hosting PACT Act Claims Clinic on March 31st
2023-03-31 12:00 - 18:00 | Portland VA Medical Center, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland , OR, United States
Portland VA Benefits Office Hosting PACT Act Claims Clinic on March 31st
Claims Clinic is by appointment only
Digital Flyer: PACT Act Claims Clinic – Portland VAMC – 3-31-23.pdf
The Portland VA Benefits Office is partnering with VA Portland Health Care System to host a PACT Act Claims Clinic. The clinic will take place on March 31, 20223 from noon – 6 p.m.
Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs (ODVA) will have a table at the VBA Claims Clinic and staff members will be on-site to answer any questions that people may have.
This claims clinic will be in person (3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR) and is by appointment only. Spaces are limited and appointments must be made in advance.

• Schedule an appointment for this March 31 event: https://sforce.co/3JAXKLh

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the end of US fighting in Vietnam
2023-03-29 11:00 - 13:00 | Clark College – Gaiser Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA, United States
Information on room location for the panel discussion and Witness tree location
will be posted as soon as I receive it.

Military History Talk
2023-03-23 18:30 - 20:00 | O.O. Howard House, 750 Anderson St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
Dr. Mary Walker: Hero, Surgeon, Trailblazer
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
6:30 pm
General O.O. Howard House
750 Anderson St., Vancouver

The Trust is excited to host the Vancouver Barracks Military Association’s 2023 military history talk series. Join us for this fascinating discussion with speaker Michelle Marra, a descendant of Dr. Walker.
Since it was created in the Civil War, the Congressional Medal of Honor has only been awarded to one woman, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. Dr. Walker was a woman ahead of her times, fighting for her nation as the first female surgeon in the Union Army. Her wartime service merited the United States’ highest award for bravery. Years later, the Medal was rescinded by Congress, but restored again, in the late 20th century.
Dr. Walker went on to fight for women’s rights as a suffragette. As a leader in the rational dress movement of the late 1880s, she became famous for wearing a top hat and suits with her Congressional Medal of Honor pinned to a lapel. Dr. Walker is an example of integrity, character and leadership that still inspires people today. This program is presented by a descendant, who will share both the personal and professional side of this amazing American.
To attend, please email jddavis@rocketmail.com

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Information on latest treatments for TBI and PTSD.
2023-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Online Meeting, WA, United States
Information on latest treatments for TBI and PTSD.
Click HERE to join the webinar.

U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters 2023 National Tour- Clackamas Oregon
2023-03-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Camp Withycombe, 15300 SE Minuteman Way, Clackamas, OR, 97015, United States
U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters

The Navy Band Sea Chanters are the United States Navy’s official chorus. The ensemble performs a variety of music including traditional choral music, sea chanteys, patriotic fare, opera, Broadway and contemporary music. The Sea Chanters regularly perform for the public in the Washington, D.C., area and throughout the United States while on national tours. At home in Washington, they perform for the president, vice president and numerous congressional, military and foreign dignitaries. In 1956, Lt. Harold Fultz, then the band’s assistant leader, organized a vocal group from the Navy School of Music to sing chanteys and patriotic songs for the State of the Nation dinner. Recognizing the ensemble’s immediate success, Adm. Arleigh Burke, then Chief of Naval Operations, transferred the group to the Navy Band, named them the Sea Chanters and tasked this all-male chorus with perpetuating the songs of the sea. In 1980, the group added women to its ranks and expanded its repertoire to include everything from Brahms to Broadway.
The Sea Chanters are frequently found at the center of our most important national events, including inauguration day performances and state funerals. They have played a vital role in comforting the nation in times of mourning, including appearances at memorials for the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia and the presidential wreath laying ceremony at the United Airlines flight 93 crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
You can read more at https://www.navyband.navy.mil/ensembles/sea-chanters
Free tickets available at https://usnavyband.ticketleap.com/us-navy-band-sea-chanters-clackamas/

Clark County Historical Museum 2023 Speaker Series
2023-03-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
Defending Democracy: Founding of League of Women Voters in Clark County.
Clark County Historical Museum continues its 2023 Speaker Series on Thursday, March 2, with “Defending Democracy: Founding of League of Women Voters in Clark County.” The event will occur in person at the Clark County Historical Museum (1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660). Doors open at 5 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m.
On the heels of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote in 1920, feisty Ruth Karr McKee gathered Vancouver’s key women activists to found the League of Women Voters of Clark County (LWVCC). Join LWVCC members, Liz Backstrom and Tracy Reilly Kelly, as they explore this astonishing advocate, as well as what the early League did for progressive, non-partisan action. Their discussion will cover 1920 up to the early World War II years.
Tracy Reilly Kelly retired as Program Manager of Community Education at Clark College. Initially a history major, Tracy received her BA in Human Services from Evergreen State College and an MS in Teaching Health Education at Portland State University. In 2008, Tracy was honored as a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA of Clark County and Clark College. She currently teaches at Clark part-time.
Elizabeth Backstrom is the Director of Grants and Contracts for YWCA Spokane, working remotely and enjoying life in Vancouver. She majored in journalism at Western Washington University and earned an MPA at Eastern Washington University. She enjoys reading, writing, and history. As a night owl, she gets through the day on coffee, humor, and sheer determination. She joined the LWVCC in August 2021 because of a longtime passion for voting rights and a belief that with enough effort, democracy can work for everyone.
The CCHM Speaker Series is sponsored by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission and League of Women Voters of Clark County. General admission is $5; seniors and students are $4; children under 18 are $3; and the evening is free for CCHM members, veterans, and active-duty military personnel.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited.
For more information, contact the museum at 360-993-5679 or outreach@cchmuseum.org.

Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts
2023-02-25 13:00 - 14:30 | Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 1501 E Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver , WA, 98661, United States
The Friends of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and National Park Service are hosting a showing of “Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts” with Filmmaker Dru Holley. Seating is limited.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
1 pm
Fort Vancouver Visitor Center
1501 East Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver

Register Here

Weather UPDATE: Annual Iwo Jima Flag Raising Ceremony
2023-02-25 09:30 - 10:00 | Canby Adult Center, 1250 S. IVY, Canby, OR, 97013, United States
Due to an ‘inclement weather forecast’ for the Canby Adult Center* this Saturday, 25 February at 1000:

The indoor ceremony at the middle school next door is CANCELLED, but…
The flag raising will still take place, no matter what the weather is…**

There will be no bathroom facilities.
The weather forecast for 10AM is slight precipitation and 29oF.

The Canby-Aurora VFW post 6057 and Auxiliary invites you to the annual Iwo Jima flag raising ceremony.
On Saturday, February 25, 10am at the Ackerman gym. Following the indoor program at Ackerman gym, we will proceed to the Canby adult center’s flagpole to raise the new flag by the Marine honor guard, and scatter Iwo Jima sand on the memorial rock.
Please invite your veterans to this special ceremony.
Veteran organizations are invited to bring their colors, please come at 9:30am for assembly.

Military History Talk – Waiting for the Cold War to Heat Up
2023-02-23 18:30 - 19:30 | O.O. Howard House, 750 Anderson St, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
The Trust is excited to host the Vancouver Barracks Military Association’s 2023 military history talk series. Join us for the first talk of the year and learn more about the history of the Vancouver Barracks.
After World War II, the Vancouver Barracks went from being the Pacific Northwest’s premier Regular Army post to playing a more minor role. This change had major effects on the local community that are still felt today. From the late 1940s to 2011, the Vancouver Barracks become the home to many Army Reserve and National Guard units that drew their soldiers from the local community. Who were the major units at the Vancouver Barracks? And what significant activities happened there? Join speaker Maj. Jeff Davis (U.S. Army, ret.) for this fascinating discussion!

Gatsby Gala Night
2023-02-18 16:00 - 23:30 | Embassy Suites, 9000 Southwest Washington Square Road, Tigard, OR, 97223, United States

Valentine’s Ball
2023-02-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Historic Hangar at Pearson Air Museum, 1115 E 5th S, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
Valentine’s Ball

A fun and memorable family event for all ages! Treat your child to a wonderful evening of music and dancing at the Historic Hangar at Pearson Air Museum. This is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate the love of their birth, adopted or chosen family in a welcoming environment.
Registration

Friday, Feb. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. (Click to see fees)

Saturday, Feb. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. (Click to see fees)

Each person attending the dance must register as an individual; children ages 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Thank you to the National Park Service for their support.
Have questions about the Vancouver Valentine’s Ball? Contact the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services department at 360-487-8311.

The Historic Trust Speaker Series "Chkalov's Transpolar Flight to Vancouver"
2023-02-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Clark County Historical Museum, 1511 Main Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
Doors open Thursday, February 2 at 5pm, show begins at 7pm!
Chkalov was a Soviet Pilot who, when attempting to fly from Moscow to Oakland, had to emergency land at Pearson Airfield in 1937.
During this month’s presentation, Columbia River High School student, Luke Hildreth, will be presenting the findings of his History Extended Essay, in which he explores the question, “How significant was Chkalov’s flight to Vancouver and what was its significance on politics, culture, and aviation in both the Soviet Union and America?”

The CCHM Speaker Series is sponsored by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission and League of Women Voters of Clark County. General admission is $5; seniors and students are $4; children under 18 are $3; and the evening is free for CCHM members, veterans, and active-duty military personnel.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive early, as seating is limited.
For more information, contact the museum at 360-993-5679 or outreach@cchmuseum.org.

CMAC Meeting
2023-01-06 08:30 - 10:00 | WA
We are able to meet in person at the 40 et 8 Boxcar for our next CMAC meeting starting at 8:30am.
Judge Zimmerman representing the Veterans and First Responders Board will be selling Buffalo Soldiers shirts as a fundraiser. Al proceeds go to the Buffalo Solders. $20 for short sleeve and $25 for long sleeve. At this time sales are cash only.

CMAC members are also invited to join the 40 et 8 members for breakfast in the starting at 7:30am next door in the Chateau (Breakfast cost from $2.00 to $12.00 depending on what you want)
We also realize that not everyone can attend in person and we want to make sure that you are still a part of our meeting, so we will also be streaming the meeting on Zoom as well.
For the safety of Voiture members, guests, and employees of Voiture 99 a set of reasonable guidelines need to be followed and enforced. The guidelines established herein are fully supported by the Cheminot and will be implemented immediately.

Happy New Years 2023 - Chateau Closed
2023-01-01 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States

New Years Eve - Chateau Closed
2022-12-31 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States

Christmas Eve - Chateau Closed
2022-12-24 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States

Gift Wrapping fundraiser
2022-12-22 08:00 - 10:00, 2022-12-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States
With Chef Todd’s permission, Annie Beaton will be doing gift wrapping to raise money for our sunshine fund to bring cheer to our members. She will be available on Thursday the 15th and the 22nd from 8am-10am and after our Cheminot meeting on the 20th. It is by donation, if you have any special requests please let her know. She will be donating the wrap, bows and ribbons if you have extra she will gladly accept them.

Chateau Open for Lunch
2022-12-20 | Voiture 99 Chateau, 2809 NE 78th Street, Vancouver, WA, 98665-0637, United States

Passe' Chefs Holiday Dinner
2022-12-17 18:00 - 19:30 | WA
Click HERE for downloadable registration form.

VA Portland Health Care System is hosting a PACT Act Telephone Town Hall
2022-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 | WA
PACT Act Open Houses – Calling All Vietnam era, Gulf War era, and Post-9/11 Veterans!
VA Portland Health Care System (VHA) in partnership with Portland Regional Office (VBA) is hosting a PACT Act Telephone Town Hall – Thurs. Dec. 15, 6 – 7 p.m.
Veterans must register here to join the event: PACT Act Telephone Town Hall
The PACT Act is a new law that expands VA Health Care and Benefits to Veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances from the Vietnam era through the Post 9/11 era. Veterans who do not get their care at VA or have a claim with VA are more than welcome to join the call and hear more about PACT Act and any new information that they and their families should be aware of now.
This event is by phone only to reach as many Veterans and their loved ones as possible in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Everyone is welcome.
To join the event, register at the link provided with your phone number and info, and on Dec. 15, simply answer the call at 6:00 PM, remain on the line, and you will automatically be connected to the live meeting. Veterans will be given instructions during the call to talk to operators who will take your questions for the group to address.
The following day on Friday, Dec. 16, VBA will host an In-Person Claims Clinic on our VA Vancouver Campus to assist Veterans with any claims questions they have (not just PACT Act claims questions.
