Name: History Pub - In Memoriam: The History of Memorial Day in Seattle
Start: 2025-04-29T19:00:00-07:00
Location: McMenamins Anderson School

McMenamins and Bothell Historical Society
present History Pub
In Memoriam: The History of Memorial Day in Seattle
Presented by Richard Heisler
McMenamins Anderson School
Haynes’ Hall
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
7pm/doors 6pm
$5
All ages welcome
Historian Richard Heisler traces the origins of Memorial Day in Seattle, from the earliest formal observations in Washington Territory after the Civil War, through the evolution of the holiday over the decades that followed.
Richard Heisler is the founder of Civil War Seattle and Seattle History Tours. He has presented for the Bothell Historical Society, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, and Puget Sound Civil War Roundtable, among other organizations. Richard is a contributing writer for Emerging Civil War and has been featured in the 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, KIRO Radio, 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑁𝑊 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒 and more. He has been a Seattle resident for over 30 years.