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SUMMARY:“From Sea to Shining Sea” Documentary Screening
DESCRIPTION:“America the Beautiful” may be America’s most beloved song. But few know about the fascinating life of the writer behind it. From Sea to Shining Sea: Katharine Lee Bates and the Story of “America the Beautiful” explores the rich life of poet\, professor\, and social reformer Katharine Lee Bates\, author of “America the Beautiful.” As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\, Bates’s story reminds us of the beauty and ideals of our nation as well as its shortcomings and honors the unbroken chain of Americans striving to live up to those ideals. After the film\, stay for the Q&A discussion with filmmakers Laurence Cotton and John de Graaf\, moderated by OHS Boyle Family Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk. \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/from-sea-to-shining-sea-documentary-screening/
LOCATION:McMenamins Kennedy School\, 5736 NE 33rd Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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SUMMARY:Oregon Connections: Tribal Sovereignty and Civil Rights
DESCRIPTION: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 the local level that those freedoms are both exercised and oppressed — amid debates\, actions\, and inspirations on a global scale. \nDuring the months leading up to the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence\, the Oregon Connections series invites audiences to listen\, learn\, ask questions\, and consider some of the ways Oregonians have struggled for justice and freedom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor thousands of years\, Native peoples in what is now the United States have exercised their sovereignty. Citizenship within the colonizing nation of the United States is a complex proposition for many Indigenous people. The United States Constitution recognizes treaties made by the nation\, including those made with sovereign Native nations within the country\, as the “supreme law of the land.” In Oregon\, tribal nations and people have asserted their rights while fighting to maintain their sovereignty within the new nation of the United States. Tribal scholars Bobbie Conner and Robert Kentta will discuss the historical intersections of U.S. citizenship and Native sovereignty in Oregon.
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/oregon-connections-tribal-sovereignty-and-civil-rights/
LOCATION:Virtual event via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Oregon Connections: Immigration and Deportation
DESCRIPTION: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 the local level that those freedoms are both exercised and oppressed — amid debates\, actions\, and inspirations on a global scale. \nDuring the months leading up to the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence\, the Oregon Connections series invites audiences to listen\, learn\, ask questions\, and consider some of the ways Oregonians have struggled for justice and freedom. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first policy to restrict immigration to the United States based on nation of origin and ethnicity\, making Chinese people the nation’s first “illegal aliens.” The act’s restrictions on travel and business-ownership by Chinese-ancestry Oregonians prompted creative responses to keep families and communities together. \nIn Oregon\, laborers and entrepreneurs with Latine heritage have been affected by\, and organized in response to\, successive federal policies of mass deportation since the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war between Mexico and the United States. As scholars Jerry Garcia and Chelsea Rose explain\, white supremacist ideology — along with ideas about rights related to family\, community\, culture\, property\, and wealth — have long been central to understanding the histories of immigration and deportation in Oregon. \nThis event is free but registration is required: https://orhs.ejoinme.org/OregonConnections
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/oregon-connections-immigration-and-deportation/
LOCATION:Virtual event via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Free Admission to the Oregon Historical Society for Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Veterans Day\, all veterans and family members accompanying them will receive free admission to the Oregon Historical Society Saturday\, November 8 through Monday\, November 10. OHS will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11 in observance of the holiday. \nStudying history deepens our understanding of the past\, provides context for the present\, and can give us the courage to persevere through difficulty. We remember Oregon’s veterans\, those still with us and those who live in memory\, and we express our gratitude for the hope they carried for a better tomorrow. \nWe honor the service of all veterans by remembering the stories of Oregonians whose valiant efforts highlight their collective grit\, courage\, and hope for the future. Our current exhibition\, She Flies With Her Own Wings: Oregon’s Golden Age of Aviation\, highlights pilot Hazel Ying Lee\, who was born in Oregon in 1912 and was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military\, serving as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in World War II. Another pilot\, and later a legislator from Hood River\, Ken Jernstedt\, was known as the “First Ace Ever” for his service in the Flying Tiger Squadron during World War II. Jernstedt received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1996 and said of his career in public service\, “My success in politics has really just been a natural instinct to do my part as a citizen.” \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/free-admission-to-the-oregon-historical-society-for-veterans-day/2025-11-10/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Admission to the Oregon Historical Society for Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Veterans Day\, all veterans and family members accompanying them will receive free admission to the Oregon Historical Society Saturday\, November 8 through Monday\, November 10. OHS will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11 in observance of the holiday. \nStudying history deepens our understanding of the past\, provides context for the present\, and can give us the courage to persevere through difficulty. We remember Oregon’s veterans\, those still with us and those who live in memory\, and we express our gratitude for the hope they carried for a better tomorrow. \nWe honor the service of all veterans by remembering the stories of Oregonians whose valiant efforts highlight their collective grit\, courage\, and hope for the future. Our current exhibition\, She Flies With Her Own Wings: Oregon’s Golden Age of Aviation\, highlights pilot Hazel Ying Lee\, who was born in Oregon in 1912 and was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military\, serving as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in World War II. Another pilot\, and later a legislator from Hood River\, Ken Jernstedt\, was known as the “First Ace Ever” for his service in the Flying Tiger Squadron during World War II. Jernstedt received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1996 and said of his career in public service\, “My success in politics has really just been a natural instinct to do my part as a citizen.” \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/free-admission-to-the-oregon-historical-society-for-veterans-day/2025-11-09/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free Admission to the Oregon Historical Society for Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Veterans Day\, all veterans and family members accompanying them will receive free admission to the Oregon Historical Society Saturday\, November 8 through Monday\, November 10. OHS will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11 in observance of the holiday. \nStudying history deepens our understanding of the past\, provides context for the present\, and can give us the courage to persevere through difficulty. We remember Oregon’s veterans\, those still with us and those who live in memory\, and we express our gratitude for the hope they carried for a better tomorrow. \nWe honor the service of all veterans by remembering the stories of Oregonians whose valiant efforts highlight their collective grit\, courage\, and hope for the future. Our current exhibition\, She Flies With Her Own Wings: Oregon’s Golden Age of Aviation\, highlights pilot Hazel Ying Lee\, who was born in Oregon in 1912 and was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military\, serving as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in World War II. Another pilot\, and later a legislator from Hood River\, Ken Jernstedt\, was known as the “First Ace Ever” for his service in the Flying Tiger Squadron during World War II. Jernstedt received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1996 and said of his career in public service\, “My success in politics has really just been a natural instinct to do my part as a citizen.” \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/free-admission-to-the-oregon-historical-society-for-veterans-day/2025-11-08/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Special Display of First American Flag Raised in Portland
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Independence Day\, the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) is hosting a special display of what is believed to be the first United States flag raised in Portland after Oregon became the 33rd state. \nThe flag was hand-sewn by Ann Elizabeth Bills in 1861 and is preserved in OHS’s museum collection (OHS Museum\, 61-133). Ann Bills and her husband Cincinnati Bills traveled from Indiana to Oregon in 1853. Cincinnati Bills would serve as Multnomah County Sheriff and start Portland’s first hauling business\, which became the Oregon Transfer Company. \nThe flag was donated to OHS in 1961\, and the accession file notes: \nAs July 4\, 1861\, approached\, Thomas Stafford\, an employee of Mr. Bills\, was anxious to see an American flag raised to celebrate Independence Day. Stafford suggested to Mrs. Bills that she make a flag\, and he assisted her in securing the material. Mr. Stafford and Mr. Bills went to the Sellwood area and cut down a young fir tree\, from which they carved the staff for the flag. Mrs. Bills would later remember\, ‘Flags were not easily secured in those days\, but I saw one was badly needed here\, so I went right to work to supply the want. It was hard work\, but with every stitch I grew more anxious to finish the task I had undertaken.’ The completion and unfurling of the flag was celebrated with a barbecue picnic at Fourth Street\, between Burnside and Ankeny\, and was attended by dozens of people from miles around. \nFollowing this special display\, we will be sending the flag to a textile conservator for important preservation work.
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/special-display-of-first-american-flag-raised-in-portland/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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