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Living history at Heritage Days at Sacajawea State Park

Nick Brown, fourth grader at Badger Mountain Elementary School, reacts as reenactor Lee McKewen lets him hold a Northwest trade gun replica Friday during Heritage Days at Sacajawea State Park. An estimated 1,500 local students experienced history lessons in a new way during the annual event, which is open to the public Saturday from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. See a video at tricityherald.com/video
Nick Brown, fourth grader at Badger Mountain Elementary School, reacts as reenactor Lee McKewen lets him hold a Northwest trade gun replica Friday during Heritage Days at Sacajawea State Park. An estimated 1,500 local students experienced history lessons in a new way during the annual event, which is open to the public Saturday from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. See a video at tricityherald.com/video Sarah Gordon Tri-City Herald

More than 1,500 students from the Mid-Columbia had the opportunity to see history in a new way Friday during the annual Heritage Days event at Sacajawea State Park.

The annual festival documents culture at the park through the years, from Lewis and Clark to mountain men and Native Americans.

It continues Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This story was originally published September 23, 2016 at 5:11 PM with the headline "Living history at Heritage Days at Sacajawea State Park."

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