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Mariachi los Temerosos. Courtesy of Juan Antonio Martinez

Type: Special Event     Series: Family Day

Family Day: Mexican and Central American Cultures in Oregon

In honor of our current exhibit, DREAMs Deferred

With performances by Mariachi los Temerosos and Ollin Yolliztli Aztec Dance


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
Mitzi Loftus with her family at the Tule Lake Internment Camp. (McMenamins)

Type: Lecture     Series: History Pub

Detained by My Country

Presented by Toby and Kenneth Loftus, including video footage of their mother, Mitzi Loftus

Doors open at 6pm


McMenamins Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97211

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
ba011744 Portland celebration

Type: Online Video, Television Broadcast     Series: Oregon Experience

Road to Statehood


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Crater Lake Lodge was built in 1915 to attract more tourists. Photo circa 1920s. # 93200

Type: Online Video, Television Broadcast     Series: Oregon Experience

William Gladstone Steel


OPB-TV

  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake (c.1540 - 1596)

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     Series: History Pub

Thunder Go North: The Hunt for Sir Francis Drake’s Fair and Good Bay

Presented by Melissa Darby, historian and author

6:00 pm doors, first come, first served. Arrive early!


McMenamins Old St. Francis School
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon 97703

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Moses Williams Courtesy U.S. National Archives

Type: Lecture, Partner Event     

The Life and Journey of Moses Williams, Buffalo Soldier

Presented by Gregory P. Shine


Fort Vancouver Visitor Center
1501 E Evergreen Blvd.
Vancouver, Washington 98661

  • Free
  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers
  • Researchers
Black Woman in Green: Gloria Brown and the Unmarked Trail to Forest Service Leadership

Type: Book Talk     Series: Second Sunday

Black Woman in Green: Gloria Brown and the Unmarked Trail to Forest Service Leadership

Presented by Gloria D. Brown and Dr. Donna L. Sinclair


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Photo of Margaret Howe with Oregon shield during woman suffrage march in Washington, D.C., March 1913, Library of Congress, LC-B2- 2668-6 [P&P], Bain News Service Photograph collection

Type: Exhibit Opening     

Member Opening Reception for “Nevertheless, They Persisted”


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • RSVP Required
  • Free for Members
  • Members Only
  • Family-friendly
Names of males over 21 years in the 1849 Oregon Census OHS Research Library, Oregon Census records, 1842-1880; Box 1; Folder 3

Type: Panel Discussion     Series: Second Sunday

Politicized Demography: Race, Immigration, and the Census

Presented by Dr. Deb Thompson and Dr. Kim Williams


Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Free
  • Researchers
  • Teachers
Joanne B. Freeman. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

Type: Lecture     Series: Hatfield Lecture Series

Joanne B. Freeman

MEMBERS: If you have not received an email containing details on how to access members-only pricing, please contact us at communications@ohs.org or 503.222.1741.


Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205

  • Family-friendly
  • Teachers