In Their Footsteps: America’s Master Park Maker-Frederick Law Olmsted at Lewis and Clark National Park, Fort Clatsop with Laurence Cotton. This unique program will include a screening of the 60 minute movie, Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America. Frederick Law Olmsted, along with his two sons designed over 700 public parks across the U.S. and Canada, as well as numerous academic campuses and private estates. From Central Park to the White House Grounds to Seattle’s Volunteer Park, the Olmsted family left a huge imprint across North America. Here in the Pacific Northwest, John Charles Olmsted master-planned the entire park systems of Portland, Seattle, and Spokane and contributed to the designs of numerous college and university campuses.

In Their Footsteps is a monthly Sunday forum sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge. For more information, call (503) 861-2471, or check out www.nps.gov/lewi, or Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Facebook.