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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 13 > There are many reasons to celebrate Oregon’s birthday

There are many reasons to celebrate Oregon’s birthday


February 13, 2009

Oregon’s schoolchildren of the 1950s learned their state celebrated its birthday on Valentine’s Day, a connection many of them found difficult to understand, I suspect. We all knew, however, that 1959 marked our state’s 100th birthday. We celebrated by dressing up....

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