This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
The Borsts and other families built a “New Church” in c. 1872 … to gather together in fellowship and for weddings. Two of the Borst children were married in that church. As well as many other life events. Etta Keller, Reenactor has made a lovely mid-19th century wedding dress and will talk about weddings in that day. Miss Etta will lead the talk.
Meet with others who have dealt with or have a family member with breast cancer.
Winlock will be holding an event June 15, on Egg day. It’s a one-mile kid dash with prizes. We will also be holding a three miles walk/run.”Let’s make Winlock Great Again!”
$15 kid dash
$25 three mile walk run
Planning on lots of prizes this year!
An Independence Day Celebration … mid-19th century style!
Meet with others who have dealt with or have a family member with breast cancer.
Putting up the bountiful harvest for a long winter. Activities and discussion of how to put up and store foods in the mid-19th century. Panel of our Living Historians. Mary Borst had a lovely, in that day, very modern cook stove. Joseph also built her a state of the art pantry, which kept things cool ~ one of my personal favorites in the house.
Meet with others who have dealt with or have a family member with breast cancer.
Join storyteller and Quinault Tribal Ambassador Harvest Moon to hear tales from the Northwest Coast Indian tradition. This program is part of Timberland Reads Together, featuring “There There” by Tommy Orange and Native Voices, focused on Indigenous Peoples history and culture.
Meet with others who have dealt with or have a family member with breast cancer.
Living Historian Beverly York will present Friendship Quilts, how the pioneers moving west would take a part of their friends and family history with them. Volunteer Coordinator Sara Light-Waller will show how to put a signature on the quilt block, as they did in the mid-19th century.
