Sacajawea Chapter News Today

The Sacajawea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a Veterans Day memorial service next month to honor veterans of the Vietnam War. The ceremony, which will take place …

A multi-chapter, two-state event of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Legion are joining Sept. 16 to honor Vietnam veterans in Post Falls.

The Great Depression was a difficult time to start a business, but Tate Henry Rogers did it anyways. She opened a gift shop and tea room in her home in 1929 and when times got tough, she moved herself and the store into the new Governor Hotel on Capitol Way in Olympia.

Take a day trip to these Oregon Trail markers in Thurston County.

Washington is the only American state named after a president. It is named for George Washington (1732-1799), the Revolutionary War leader who served as A less noticed memorial to George Washington stands across from the Helen Sommers building near Capitol Way: an elm tree planted in 1932, on the bicentennial of the leader’s birth.

George Washington, whose birthday is February 22, is a symbol seen everywhere on the Washington State Capitol campus. Washington is the only American Washington is the only American state named after a president. That almost did not happen.

Today, four women sit on the Tumwater City Council. Despite being among the oldest American communities in Washington State, Tumwater did not elect a Despite being among the oldest American communities in Washington State, Tumwater did not elect a woman to the City Council until 1960. Her name was Marian Argo.