ExploreOctober–December It!2017 | Issue 70

Wartime, protests, immigration, Soviets, UFOs, and model trains? See it all this fall at the History Museum! Exhibition and program details on the flip side. Follow us on Facebook at Washington State Historical Society for updates and history fun!

Detail of the poster for the 1990 Goodwill Games. | Washington Children stare in wonder at one of the elaborate model railroad layouts at the Washington State History Museum’s annual Model Train State Historical Society, #1996.36.73. Festival. This year’s festival runs December 22 through January 1. | Washington State Historical Society photo

Glasnost and Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest Opens October 7

By the 1980s, there were thousands Iron Curtain with thousands of letters Cold War. Revisit the spectacular Goodwill of nuclear weapons aimed at the United expressing wishes for peace; elementary Games, be inspired by the Mount Everest States, and an equal number targeted school children who competed in Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb, and at the Soviet Union. The arms race was cross-cultural chess tournaments and learn about grassroots initiatives started by running out of control and only a vague swimming competitions; fishermen citizen diplomats in Washington state. notion of “mutually assured destruction” working together in an international stood between war and peace for the business venture, an extraordinary idea Be among the first to see world’s superpowers. at the time; and more. Glasnost & Goodwill. And yet, citizens did not sit idly by. These initiatives, taken together, Join us for an exclusive Quietly a movement formed, built by shifted the needle from tension toward Preview Party. citizen diplomats who reached across peace. These efforts culminated in the THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 the Pacific to engage their neighbors, one 1990 Goodwill Games, hosted in Seattle 5:30 – 8:00 PM conversation at a time. Washingtonians, and the greater Puget Sound region—a FREE FOR MEMBERS, $15 FOR NON-MEMBERS in particular, saw an opportunity to major undertaking that further cemented bring peace with their nearby neighbors the special relationship between Washing- Tour this remarkable exhibition before it opens to the public. Guest through business partnerships, sister-city tonians and the Soviet people. speaker Richard Scheuerman, professor relationships, and cultural exchanges. Glasnost & Goodwill is brought to life emeritus at Seattle Pacific University, Presented by the Washington State through compelling photographs, rare will share stories about the fascinating Historical Society, Glasnost and Goodwill: videos, fascinating oral histories, and 200-year history of friendship Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest is a authentic artifacts that trace the rise of between the people of the United fascinating, in-depth exploration of how grassroots diplomacy in the region from States and Russia. citizen diplomacy in Washington and the the early 1930s to the collapse of the Includes savory hors d’oeuvres. greater Northwest contributed to the Soviet Union in 1991 and beyond. Cash bar available. thawing of the Cold War. Experience the fascinating stories of RSVP OR PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY! Contact [email protected] Visitors will learn about people fellow Northwesterners whose people- or 253-798-5894. from Washington traveling behind the to-people connections helped thaw the History Museum programs are included with admission, or $5 program-only admission. For the latest EXPLORE IT! CALENDAR information and full details on our exhibits, programs, and events, visit www.WashingtonHistory.org.

OCTOBER Gallery Talk—Loyal Opposition: The HISTORY MUSEUM Protest Photos of George P. Hickey Evening Preview Party for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 5:30 PM EXHIBITS Glasnost & Goodwill FREE, History Museum. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 5:30 – 8:00 PM Witness to Wartime: Takuichi Fujii, Minidoka ; collection of Sandy and Terry Kita Join protest photographer George Details on page 1. The Painted Diary of Hickey in the gallery to hear him talk Takuichi Fujii Pacific Northwest History about his experiences as a freelance SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 – JANUARY 1, 2018 Conference—“Hidden Histories, photographer and the journalistic thrill During World War II, Seattle Diverse Publics” he feels when a “decisive moment” presents itself. artist Takuichi Fujii continued TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 – SATURDAY, to create art while incarcerated OCTOBER 14 at the Puyallup Assembly At Hotel RL by Red Lion Spokane at the Park. DECEMBER Center (WA) and then Minidoka Visit WashingtonHistory.org/support/ Washington Sports Trivia Night Relocation Center (ID) as a heritage/pnwhc/ for info and registration. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 7:00 PM result of Executive Order 9066. The Pacific Northwest History FREE, Black Star Pub & Grill, Conference invites exchange among This exhibition includes 70 of 158 100th St S, Tacoma. Fujii’s works and a digital version historians, scholars from other disciplines, museum professionals, Celebrate Washington sports history of his nearly 400-page diary, “flying strawcer” with our friends from educators, archivists, historic preser- and the History Museum’s exhibit capturing this haunting moment the Museum of Flight. It’s a night you vationists, graduate students, history about the Goodwill Games, Glasnost in American history. won’t soon forget, regardless of what the enthusiasts, and community activists. and Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the men in black try to tell you. Northwest. WSHS is partnering with Loyal Opposition: The Protest Free Third Thursday Tacoma’s Shanaman Sports Museum to Photos of George P. Hickey THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 3:00 – 8:00 PM NOVEMBER bring you the most intriguing, exciting, SEPTEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 3, 2017 and sometimes downright weird history FREE History Museum admission for all. Veterans Day Celebration— By placing himself on the front of sports in our state! Bring a team Free Third Thursdays are sponsored by Washington at War: The Evergreen or play on your own for prizes and lines, Hickey captured critical Columbia Bank. State in World War I bragging rights. moments with dramatic results. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2:00 PM Experience the collective impact Scholarly Selections: Free Third Thursday FREE admission for active and retired of approximately 80 photo- Leadership Courage military and their families. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 3:00 – 8:00 PM graphs of the 1990s Seattle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 6:30 PM FREE History Museum admission for all. World Trade Organization (WTO) Renowned Northwest historian Lorraine FREE, History Museum. McConaghy provides an immersive protests, as well as animal rights, Free Third Thursdays are sponsored by How can ordinary individuals look into the dramatic period that took Columbia Bank. gay pride, and antiwar rallies, exemplify courageous leadership place 100 years ago and contemporary accompanied by protest-related personally, professionally, and even issues of immigration, wartime 22nd Annual Model Train Festival objects from the Historical on a global scale? Explore this topic industrialization, women’s rights, social FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 – MONDAY, Society’s collections. with University of Washington Tacoma change, radical labor, epidemic disease, JANUARY 1, 2018; OPEN 10:00 AM – lecturer and organization development and worldwide turmoil. 5:00 PM EVERY DAY (CLOSED CHRISTMAS Glasnost & Goodwill: Citizen professional Joe Macias Jr. Speaking EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY); PICTURES WITH Diplomacy in the Northwest to historical case studies, Macias will Free Third Thursday SANTA FRIDAY, DEC. 22, AND SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM OCTOBER 7, 2017 – JANUARY 21, 2018 delve into his framework for how THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 3:00 – 8:00 PM to step up and lead when the path FREE with History Museum admission. Details on page 1. FREE History Museum admission for all. forward is uncertain. Free Third Thursdays are sponsored by This enchanting event is a wintertime Washington, My Home Columbia Bank. favorite at the History Museum. Treat UFO Night (for ages 21+) yourself, your family, and friends COMING SOON! OCTOBER 26, 7:00 – 10:00 PM Scholarly Selections: Comparing to a journey in miniature as you The Great Hall’s newest History Museum. Pre-registration $15, Representations of Fathers, wander among tiny trains in intricate permanent exhibition focuses $20 at the door. Buy tickets through the Sexuality, and Struggle in model railroad layouts throughout on Washington immigration and museum’s website at WashingtonHistory. the museum. Learn more about how org/visit/wshm/eventsprograms. Contemporary Popular Culture migration stories. Listen to first- railroads influenced the growth and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 6:30 PM person recordings, see and touch Mark the 70th anniversary of the first development of Washington and see FREE, History Museum. train-related artifacts from the region’s artifacts, and imagine yourself UFO sightings in Washington with a past. Children can visit the activity in someone else’s shoes as you night full of film, activities, and specialty University of Washington Tacoma brew! See a screening and meet the room to play with toy trains or build learn about the many different professor Ed Chamberlain provides a filmmakers of The Maury Island Incident, discussion of fatherhood, including their own Lego train creations. The people who have made our state an award-winning independent film. the challenges faced by gay fathers, free Santa photos will be e-mailed, their home. Grab an extra special beer from local famous dads, and parents who are compliments of the Washington State Three Magnets Brewing. Make your own economically disadvantaged. Historical Society.

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