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 28 years in the legislature - 24 in the Senate and 4 in the House
In the Senate, she held several major leadership positions:
Chair of Capital Budget; Chair of Environment, Energy, and Water Committees; Chair of Senate-House Public Pensions Committee; Senate Democratic Caucus; Senate Administrative Committee.
Additionally, 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!
Olympia, WA is about a 1.5 hour drive from Seattle
Who’s Invited:
• Harvard Alumni from the College and all the Graduate Schools
• IvyPlus undergrad/grad alumni (Yale, Stanford, Penn, Columbia, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, etc.)
• Guests of Harvard and IvyPlus Alumni
• Registration ends Wednesday, 8/5/2026, 23:59 PT
WA State Capitol & Campus Tour + Olympia Farmers Market
Harvard & IvyPlus alumni
• History, food, and socializing
Saturday, August 8, 2026
10:15am ~ 2:00pm PT
• 10:15am - 12:15pm PT - WA State Capitol & Campus Tour
• 12:15pm ~ 2:00pm PT - Olympia Farmers Market - optional, self-guided
WA State Capitol & Campus
• Olympia, WA
• About a 1.5 hour drive from Seattle
• 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
• Registration ends Wednesday, 8/5/2026, 23:59 PT
Hosted by: Harvard Club of Seattle
We look forward to seeing you at our event!
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/
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