Upcoming Events
Buffalo Soldiers Exhibit Grand Opening
Sunday, February 16th at 1-4pm
DuPont Historical Museum
207 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont
Join us as we celebrate Black History Month with the Grand Opening event for our new Buffalo Soldiers exhibit!
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Learn more about the 1904 Ninth Cavalry Encampment located near Sequalitchew Creek.
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Join us at 2pm as Lewis Military Museum Director Erik Flint speaks on “Ninth Cavalry, Walla Walla to DuPont: Black Soldiers at the Birthplace of Camp Lewis”
This event is free and open to the public - all ages welcome.
>> Buffalo Soldiers Exhibit Flyer
Why Did They Move Fort Nisqually?
Sunday, February 23rd at 2pm
DuPont Presbyterian Church
503 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont
Guest speaker Jerry Eckrom, History Interpreter, Story Teller & Author, will delve into the question that interests all local-history buffs ... the story behind the move of Fort Nisqually from it's original location in DuPont to Point Defiance, Tacoma in 1934. This event is free and open to the public - all ages welcome.
Braget Farm: A Part of DuPont History
(Special Presentation following the Historical Society's
Annual Meeting)
Monday, March 16th
Annual Meeting starts at 6:30pm
Special Presentation starts at 7pm
DuPont History Museum
207 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont
Guest speaker Tim Ransom is a member of the Olympia Historical Society who has researched one of DuPont's pioneering families -- the Braget Family.
Senior Lunch & Lecture -
National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
Thursday, March 19th at 11:30am
DuPont City Hall
1700 Civic Drive, DuPont
The DuPont Historical Society presents guest speaker Jennifer Cutillo, Visitor Services Manager, for an engaging & captivating history of the development of the Billy Frank, Jr. National Wildlife Refuge.
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Cost is $5/person
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RSVP by Monday 3/16 (253) 964-8121
>> Fish & Wildlife Lecture Flyer
Celebrating Women in DuPont
Sunday, April 19th at 2pm
DuPont Presbyterian Church
503 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont
Historian and author Jennifer Crooks will profile the lives of ten women and their impact on DuPont's history: Nancy Parsons, Letitia Huggins, Chloe Clark, Irene Cookler, Olga Ootkin, May Munyan, Marcia Laughbon, Ruth Iafrati, Pola Andre, Lorraine Overmyer. This event is free and open to the public.
Walk Historic DuPont
Sunday, May 9th at 10am
Tour Starts at DuPont History Museum
207 Barksdale Avenue, DuPont
Jerry Williams, staff member at the DuPont History Museum and board member of the DuPont Historical Society, will lead an informative walk through DuPont's Historical Village. This event is free and open to all ages (children under 12 accompanied by a parent). We will be walking rain or shine!