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Celebrate 2024 Historic Preservation Month

Community Invited to Join in the Fun With Activities and Events Celebrating 2024 Historic Preservation Month

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 1, 2024

 

MEDIA CONTACT

Maria Lee, Media & Communications, maria.lee@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2054

 

Community Invited to Join in the Fun With Activities and Events Celebrating 2024 Historic Preservation Month

 

TACOMA, Wash -- Each May, the City of Tacoma celebrates National Historic Preservation Month with a calendar chock full of fun activities and events throughout Tacoma’s neighborhoods. This May is no different, with more than a dozen family-friendly events celebrating this year’s theme: Discovering Tacoma’s Stories. 

 

The 2024 Historic Preservation Month brings history alive by going beyond the bricks and mortar of Tacoma’s historic places and landmarks. Discovering Tacoma’s Stories will shine a light on the people whose memories and stories make up the fabric of Tacoma’s rich history and cultural heritage.  

 

May 2024 Historic Preservation Events
 

  • Remembrance Gallery at Tacoma Art Museum – Thursday, May 2 at 6 PM 
  • Pretty Gritty Fernhill Walking Tour – Friday, May 3 at 6 PM 
  • Old Town Craft and Music Festival – Saturday, May 4 at 11 AM 
  • Tacoma in Motion: Exploring Tacoma's History Through Film and Audio from the NW Room – Saturday, May 4 at 4:30 PM 
  • 2024 Washington State Annual History Awards – Saturday, May 4 at 5:30 PM 
  • Summit on Black History & Preservation in Washington State – Saturday, May 11 at 10 AM 
  • Historic Tacoma Walking Tour: Proctor Neighborhood – Saturday, May 11 at 11 AM 
  • You Are Here: Tacoma Japantown Project – Wednesday, May 15 at 12:25 PM 
  • Walk Tacoma: Old Town History Walk – Wednesday, May 15 at 6 PM 
  • 7th Annual Japanese American Day of Remembrance – Thursday, May 16 at 3:30 PM 
  • Queen Victoria's Birthday at Fort Nisqually – Saturday, May 18 at 11 AM 
  • Eastside Story Fest – Saturday, May 18 at 1 PM 
  • City of Tacoma Annual Historic Preservation Awards – Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM 
  • Pretty Gritty Proctor Neighborhood Walking Tour – Sunday, May 26 at 6 PM 

 

The marquee event of the 2024 Historic Preservation Month celebration is the annual Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM in Tacoma’s historic Blue Mouse Theater. The annual awards recognize the critical work of community members who enhance and preserve Tacoma’s unique character through outstanding heritage-related efforts.  

 

Most events are free and open to the public. Full event details are available at cityoftacoma.org/HPevents. 

 

Additional details about Tacoma’s full range of historic preservation programs and projects are available at cityoftacoma.org/HistoricPreservation. 

 

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