Olympia has a connection to the 2013 “Boys in the Boat” book written by Daniel James Brown and the subsequent 2023 movie about the University of Washington rowing team who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Rower John White was married at a historic home in the Olympia South Capitol neighborhood. Rower Don Hume was born just blocks away, and coxswain Robert Moch was born and raised in nearby Montesano.
During the silent movie era, films were anything but silent. Musicians lent their talents to give films life through musical accompaniment. One such musician was Olympia’s Thomas Bruce, a music teacher and composer.
A letter to The World published June 27 theorized Alonzo Tucker was not “lynched” in Marshfield in 1902. The writer cites a perceived and disputed technicality to lessen the tragedy’s
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St. Patrick’s Day, which commemorates Ireland’s patron saint, has a long history. It was increasingly seen as a community holiday and a chance to celebrate everything Irish. Here is a peak into Olympia history and how St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated at the turn of the 20th Century.