WA State Capitol & Campus Tour + Olympia Farmers Market

We invite all Harvard and IvyPlus alumni to join us for history, food, and socializing in Olympia, WA!

  

Karen Fraser, our Capitol tour guide, is a retired Washington State Senator from the Olympia area who served 24 years in the legislature.

  

Addionally, Karen is a Member, and former Chair, of the Board of Trustees of The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Former Adjunct Faculty in Master of Public Administration Program, Former WA State Representative, Thurston County Commissioner, President of the WA State Assn. of Counties, and Lacey Mayor and City Council Member.

  

Her husband, now deceased, was a Harvard Law School grad.

  

Olympia Farmers Market is where folks can find live music, lunch, baked bread, smoked salmon, produce, arts and crafts, flowers, etc, and a waterfront boardwalk!

  

Register Here

  

WA State Capitol Bldg in summer

WA State Capitol & Campus Tour + Olympia Farmers Market

Harvard & IvyPlus alumni

History, food, and socializing

  

Saturday, August 9, 2025

10:15am ~ 2:00pm PT

  10:15am - 12:15pm PT - WA State Capitol & Campus Tour

  12:15pm ~ 2:00pm PT - Olympia Farmers Market

  

WA State Capitol & Campus

Olympia, WA

Exact meeting location will be emailed 2 days before

There should be plenty of free parking on the Capitol Campus grounds

  

Cost:  $10 per person

The fee for this event supports our community service programs

  

Hosted by:  Harvard Club of Seattle

  

We look forward to seeing you at our event!

  

Register Here

  

WA Capitol Leg Chambers

Brief History of the WA State Legislative Building

WA State Capitol Campus

https://capitol.wa.gov/capitol-campus-facts-history/history-legislative-building

  

Olympia Capitol — A History of the Building

HistoryLink.org

https://historylink.org/File/5443

  

Voters elect Washington's first state officials on October 1, 1889.

HistoryLink.org

https://historylink.org/File/5549

  

Washington is admitted as the 42nd state to the United States of America on November 11, 1889.

HistoryLink.org

https://historylink.org/File/5210

  

About Washington State — Frequently Asked Questions and Their Answers

HistoryLink.org

https://historylink.org/File/5315

  

Olympia Farmers Market

Home page

https://www.olympiafarmersmarket.com/

  

Register Here


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We look forward to seeing you at future events!