AWG Projects

The Association of Washington Generals engages in civic projects in its service to the state. These are often historical in nature, such as:

Monuments for Lost Ships

Sv. Nikolai: A monument being constructed by the Generals honors the 22 Russian sailors who were stranded on the Washington coast after their ship, the Sv. Nikolai, went aground north of the Quillayute River mouth in 1808. Several of these sailors were held captive and enslaved by the native tribes while others died over the two-year period they were stranded on the coast.

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Prince Arthur: This project is to repair the isolated and aging monument that marks the site where the Norwegian vessel Prince Arthur went aground on the rocks south of Cape Alava on January, 1903. Eighteen perished and two survived the wreck of the three-masted bark.

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Veteran Memorials

In association with the Office of Lt. Governor and the government of Spain, members of the AWG took part in the planning, construction and 2008 dedication of the Fort Núñez Gaona–Diah Veterans Park structure in Neah Bay.

The Generals plan to embark on other veterans memorial projects as time and resources allow.

Past Projects

A flag installation at the Seattle Arboretum.

Restoring an historic wooden seal of the State of Washington. The seal, more than a century old, is now held in the collection of the Washington State Historical Museum in Tacoma.

Above left: Several Washington Generals assisted at the dedication of the new Fort Núñez Gaona – Diah Veterans Park on the Makah Indian reservation on the Washington coast. The park marks the site of the region’s first European settlement 216 years ago by Spanish explorers. Photography: Office of Lt. Governor

Above right: On November 1, 1808, the schooner Sv. Nikolai-Tamana is believed to have been shipwrecked near Ellen Creek, about 1.5 miles north of the Quileute village at LaPush on the Olympic Peninsula. Photography: Chris Cook

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