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Portland, OR - Celebrate Oregon's birthday in style at the Oregon Historical Society! Oregon shares its birthday with Valentine's Day--what could be a better way to celebrate the holiday than by professing your love for Oregon?
The celebration begins on Wednesday, February 14 at noon in the Oregon Historical Society pavilion (1200 SW Park Ave., Portland). Join OHS Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk for a conversation with recent Oregon Supreme Court appointee Justice Adrienne Nelson, the first African American in Oregon history to serve on the high court. While you feast on cake from Gerry Frank's Konditorei, enjoy a musical performance by the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Association.
As a birthday gift for all Oregonians, admission will be free all day (10am - 5pm) to the Oregon Historical Society's museum! Don't miss the chance to explore our newest exhibitions, including Racing to Change: Oregon's Civil Rights Movement and Oregon State University: A Legacy of Transformation.
About the Oregon Historical Society
For more than a century, the Oregon Historical Society has served as the state's collective memory, preserving a vast collection of artifacts, photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, films, and oral histories. Our research library, museum, digital platforms & website (www.ohs.org), educational programming, and historical journal make Oregon's history open and accessible to all. We exist because history is powerful, and because a history as deep and rich as Oregon's cannot be contained within a single story or point of view.