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My Father’s War Stories: Tales and Tunes from the Greatest Generation

Lakewood Theatre Company | 368 S State Street, Lake Oswego, 97034
Lakewood Theatre Company| website

Lakewood Theatre Company presents My Father’s War Stories: Tales and Tunes from the Greatest Generation on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11 at 7:30pm. Award-winning actress and singer Joan Freed shares her father’s World War II experiences through stories, letters, and classic 1940s songs. The performance honors the humor, hardship, and heroism of the era. Veterans will be […]

Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Gravesite of American Revolutionary War Patriot William Cannon

Old Saint Paul Roman Catholic Mission Cemetery | 20350 Main St NE, St. Paul, 97137
Oregon Sons of the American Revolution| website

Join the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) for a wreath-laying ceremony with SAR Color Guard dressed in period military clothing, carrying flags and American Revolutionary War muskets, and presenting a musket volley. This ceremony will honor William Cannon who is the only known American Revolutionary War Patriot buried in Oregon, was an early Oregon […]

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The Look Back Lecture Series: Oregon City’s Chinese Expulsion

Museum of the Oregon Territory | 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City, 97045
Museum of the Oregon Territory| website

During the late 1800s, anti-Chinese discrimination was on the rise in Oregon. This was fueled by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which banned Chinese immigration to the United States. On February 22, 1886, 40 men forced Chinese workers out of Oregon City and onto a steamboat to Portland. The group blamed Chinese laborers for […]

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Consider This: The Stories We Tell About Our Nations with Colum McCann

Alberta Rose Theatre | 3000 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR 97211
Oregon Humanities| website

Join Oregon Humanities on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 7pm, for a conversation with author Colum McCann about the stories nations tell and the ways they shape our lives. Onstage with Adam Davis, McCann will explore where national myths originate and the power they carry, how a country’s self-narrative diverges from the stories told about it, and what it […]

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 4th of July Spectacular

Roto Rooter Park Home of the Volcanoes | 6700 Field of Dreams Way NE, Keizer, OR 97303
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes| website

Join the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes baseball team for a two-day patriotic! The event will honor military personnel and veterans and is presented in coordination with Major General Julie Bentz, Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark, the National Guard, and countless other military personnel. Salem-Keizer Volcanoes have been hosting Patriotic Tributes for 20 years and won Minor League Baseball’s […]

Oregon Connections: Immigration and Deportation

Virtual event via Zoom
Oregon Historical Society

OHS presents “Oregon Connections: A Conversation Series on the Right to be Free,” an all-virtual program series featuring conversations among experts and with audience members. Although many of the decisions that affect people’s access to rights such as freedom of speech, citizenship, and due process are made at the federal level, it is often on […]

Oregon’s Anniversary of Statehood Event

Oregon State Capitol | 900 Court Street NE, Salem, OR 97301
Oregon State Capitol| website

​Come and join us in celebration of Oregon’s statehood. Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859, but we honor the history of the land since time immemorial with the inclusion of our sovereign tribes. This event is free and open to the public. Capitol doors will open at 10am. Please be aware there is […]