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SUMMARY:Exhibition: The Yasui Family: An American Story
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Yasui family were among the millions of immigrants who came to the United States seeking new opportunities during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Like many Issei (first-generation Japanese immigrants)\, they experienced racism and oppression; state and federal laws prevented Japanese immigrants from owning land\, and anti-Japanese organizations sought to strip Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) of their birthright citizenship. Yet Nikkei (Japanese immigrants and their descendants) like the Yasui family persisted in establishing roots in Oregon\, starting families and businesses\, and shaping the social and economic fabric of the communities where they lived. \nFollowing December 7\, 1941\, when the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor during World War II\, the U.S. government forcibly removed over 110\,000 Nikkei — including U.S. citizens — from their homes and sent them to concentration camps\, often in harsh\, remote areas. After the war\, many members of the Yasui family returned to Oregon\, although some incarcerees chose not to return home due to persistent racism in their communities. \nWhile the Yasui family endured racism and incarceration\, they also shared a commitment to equal justice through engagement with the local\, state\, and national forces that determined — and withheld — their civil rights. Through photographs\, personal journals\, documents\, and objects\, this exhibition explores how one Japanese American family’s story reflects the complexity of the American story. \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue\nService animals welcome
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/the-yasui-family-an-american-story/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions Statewide
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Roots of Democracy: Bernard Goldsmith and the Role of Washington Park in Civic Life
DESCRIPTION:Cities are built upon layered histories. \nThe Multnomah\, Wasco\, Cowlitz\, Kathlamet\, Clackamas\, bands of Chinook\, Tualatin\, Kalapuya\, Molalla\, and many other peoples lived on\, traveled through\, and cared for this land long before Portland existed. Their stewardship sustained communities for thousands of years\, guided by deep ecological knowledge and cultural relationships with the environment. \nWhite settlement in the 19th century disrupted these systems of care and replaced Indigenous stewardship with extractive development and urban growth. As Portland expanded\, planners and civic leaders reinterpreted the landscape through a Euro-American view of ownership and “improvement.” When Portland established its first park in 1871\, City Park (now known as Washington Park) reflected a new civic ideal — one of pride\, recreation\, and relief from crowded streets — that starkly contrasted with Indigenous perspectives of the land as a living\, interconnected resource rather than a space to be designed\, managed\, or escaped to. \nThis year marks 155 years since Portland acquired the land that became Washington Park. This exhibition invites us to honor these layered histories — from the first stewards of this place to those who later sought belonging here — and to reflect on how today’s choices will shape the Portland we hand down to future generations. \nEvent Accessibility: \n\nWheelchair-accessible venue\nSensory-friendly accommodations\nService animals welcome
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/exhibition-roots-of-democracy-bernard-goldsmith-and-the-role-of-washington-park-in-civic-life/
LOCATION:Oregon Historical Society\, 1200 SW Park Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions Statewide
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SUMMARY:Hatfield Lecture Series: Rick Atkinson
DESCRIPTION:Join the Oregon Historical Society for the 2026 Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series\, featuring four powerful voices exploring democracy\, human rights\, identity\, and revolution. This year’s speakers include Keisha Blain\, Michael Luo\, Megan Kate Nelson\, and Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson. \nRick Atkinson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight narrative histories about five American wars\, including The Long Gray Line\, the Liberation Trilogy (An Army at Dawn\, The Day of Battle\, and The Guns at Last Light)\, and The British Are Coming\, the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy. He has won numerous awards\, including Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism. \nIn the second volume of the Revolution trilogy\, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat. Fate of the Day: The War for America\, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston\, 1777–1780 provides a riveting narrative covering the middle years of the American Revolution. Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution\, Atkinson’s brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history\, but a fresh perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on each of its citizens. \nLectures take place in person at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall as well as via livestream. \nBuy Virtual Tickets \nBuy In-Person Tickets \nThanks to America 250 Oregon Hatfield Lecture Series Sponsor the Keller Foundation\, OHS will take the Hatfield Lecture Series on the road for special events in Bend on May 13 and Medford on May 14 hosted by the Deschutes Historical Museum and the Southern Oregon Historical Society. 
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/hatfield-lecture-series-rick-atkinson/
LOCATION:Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall\, 1037 SW Broadway Avenue\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Oregon Connections: Race\, Citizenship\, and Labor
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\nFederal policy linked whiteness to citizenship at the nation’s founding. Policy revisions have both broken and reinforced that link while redefining the parameters of both constructs. At the same time\, industries enslaved\, subjugated\, or recruited non-white laborers from across the globe\, often exploiting their lack of civic protections and prompting a range of political responses. Some civic and labor organizations advanced cross-racial labor solidarity while others doubled down on white rights. \nUntil 1952\, first-generation Asian-immigrant Oregonians faced local restrictive policies that were founded on the federal government’s citizenship restrictions and responded in a variety of ways — including compliance\, evasion\, and political and legal challenges. The landmark 1923 U.S. Supreme Court case of United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind\, which began in Oregon\, is emblematic of these competing political forces. Join the “Oregon Connections: Race\, Citizenship\, and Labor” discussion with historians Jennifer Fang and Johanna Ogden to learn more.
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/oregon-connections-race-citizenship-and-labor/
LOCATION:Virtual event via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Oregon Connections: Community Organizing
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\nOregonians have influenced local\, national\, and international policies through their organizing work. Their successful woman-suffrage campaign of 1912 was achieved through grassroots organizing throughout the state\, across class and race\, and by using modern media tactics. Later in the century\, Black Oregonians drew on long experience and strong local organizations to develop a multi-tactic strategy to lead a successful\, local South African Anti-Apartheid movement. Around the same time\, diverse groups of activists in communities throughout the state organized a widely supported campaign for peace and justice in Central America. Join historical experts for a discussion of the history of community organizing for freedom from oppression.
URL:https://www.oregon250.org/event/oregon-connections-community-organizing/
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