Join us on July 21, 2023 at 6 pm for snacks and a FREE showing of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1961 film “Ring of Fire”! In this thrilling train adventure, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them. After the showing we’ll discuss some behind-the-scenes […]
50 years ago in Point Defiance Park
50 years ago! Mary and Howard Harmon are pictured enjoying the beauty of Point Defiance Park on July 1, 1973. Mr. Harmon was retiring on September 1st of that year as director of horticulture and supervisor of Pt. Defiance after serving more than 33 years with the Park District.
Prairie Line Walk & Talk
Submitted by Tacoma Historical Society. Join Tacoma Historical Society for a historic walking tour, July 14 at 6 pm, of the Prairie Line Trail in downtown Tacoma. The tour will be lead by renowned local historian, Michael Sullivan, who will share the history of how the Northern Pacific Railroad shaped the city we know today. […]