City joins Harbor Resiliency Festival in recognizing 60th anniversary of the Good Friday Tsunami

The City and the Harbor announce this week-end’s Tsunami Resiliency Festival, March 23. The Festival will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Tsunami which destroyed downtown Crescent City. Events will take place from 11am-9pm.

• 11am-3pm Art Walk and Brunch featuring local artists and works. Harbor Art Gallery, 140 Marine Way, Crescent City Art Gallery, 1228 2nd Street, Casita Coffee outside Harbor office and Brunch at Schmidt’s House of Jambalaya, 110 Anchor Way.

• 1pm-3pm Artifacts and Stories. Del Norte County Historical Society Museum. 577 H Street. Free admission

• 3:30pm-5pm Survivor Stories and Memorial. Gather along the Harbor waterfront to hear accounts of survivors and rebuilders. The event will include the reading of names of those who lost their lives and the laying of a wreath across from the Harbor Office. 101 Citizens Dock Rd.

• 5:30pm-8:30pm. The day concludes at the newly-opened Portopints at the Port, 201 Citizens Dock Rd.

Organizers of this commemorative event invite you and your family to join the community on this special remembrance.