WFA 2023 REUNION SPEAKERS PROGRAM 

We are anticipating 3 technical sessions each morning 10/7 - 10/9 (4 hours max)

 

Schedule 
Friday, October 6 

4:00 PM . . . Corporal’s Homes check-in
6:00–9:00 PM . . . meet and greet

Saturday, October 7 

8:00 AM–Noon . . . presentations

Meet at the Seminar room

 9:00 - Hunter Provyn - write up for a layman on DNA (really not requiring any DNA knowledge) on what I think we reasonably know by now about the Wordens ancestral line of J2b-L283
what we know about our ancient male line ancestors in the last 10,000 years 

10:00 - Rachel Unkefer: discussion of the Worden Y-DNA results in the genealogical time frame and perhaps some Y-DNA concepts

10:30- Lauren McFall: Donna Rae Scarth's book: A Gathering of Worden Volume 2. (digital copies provided to attendees)

11:00 - Bill Worden - Website discussion, Facebook, 

11:30 - 12:30 Bob Symons - Wiki tree (tentative)

12:30– 5:00 PM . . . excursions
Hurricane Ridge

https://www.clallamtransit.com/HurricaneRidge

Sunday, October 8 

Meet at the Seminar room

8:00 AM–Noon . . . presentations

9:00 - Robert L. Worden – Book about Admiral John Lorimer Worden.

10:00 - Keith Larson - Wordens that were active in the bicycle industry during the boom period (1890-1900).

10:30 - Timothy Caldwell - origins of Fort Worden, tour

 12:30–5:00 PM . . . excursions
Whidbey Island/Fort Casey State Park

5:30 PM . . . banquet 

Monday, October 9 

8:00–11:00 AM . . . presentations 
Future of WFA - goals for WFA, critical needs and farewell – 10/9 (2 hours)
11:30 AM . . . Corporal’s Homes check-out 

 

 

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