If you haven't visited the Oregon Historical Society, now is the time to check it out for FREE. They have lots of fun exhibits and hands on activities for kids.
Their press release for community day:
Their press release for community day:
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Join us as we celebrate the opening of our two summer exhibits
on the presidency and civil rights!
11
AM–3 PM:
Take a docent led tour through our new exhibits, Windows on
America: The Challenges of Presidential Leadership and For All the World
to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil
Rights.
11:30 AM & 1:30 PM:
11:30 AM & 1:30 PM:
Meet our 16th president as actor Stephen Holgate recreates a
19th century town hall meeting as President Abraham
Lincoln.
12 PM–3 PM:
12 PM–3 PM:
Visit with civil rights activists Bob Boyer, Harvey Lee
Garnett, and Donna Maxey in the For All the World to See exhibit
hall.
11 AM–3 PM:
11 AM–3 PM:
Make a Lincoln hat at the craft table, or add your artistic
flair to a collage project. End the day with a bite of Ben and Jerry’s ice
cream, sold on the plaza by New Avenues for Youth.