Saturday 2 December 2023
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The Oregon Chapter’s annual holiday gathering took place on Saturday, December 2, 2023. About 30 attendees joined the big crowd for the ribbon-cutting for the remodeled Fort Clatsop Visitor Center, led by Superintendent Jon Burpee and accompanied by musket fire (just as the Corps had celebrated the opening of the original Fort Clatsop in 1805). After the dinner of elk and salmon (again catered by Fulio’s Italian Restaurant in Astoria) and the silent auction, chapter president Glen Kirkpatrick reported on the year’s activities, foundation president Jim Sayce offered remarks, and WSU Prof. Colin Grier presented (via Zoom) on the 2022 ground-penetrating radar survey seeking clues to the fort’s original location.