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PORTLAND PARK BLOCKS IN DECEMBER WITH DOG

December 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The Portland Park Blocks, the south side, deserves a good look this time of year. Call it a learning moment, my dog did. Who’s a good girl. We started at Portland State University to see what the youths were up to.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: art, education, education vibe, educational, good girl, history, learning, learning moment, my dog, OHS, Oregon, Oregon History, PAM, park blocks, Portland, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon, Portland Park Blocks, Portland stater university, student union, vibe

WELLNESS BLOG vs BLOG WELLNESS

December 15, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A ‘wellness blog’ does what it says: promote health and wellness to an audience who ignores their own health and wellness. If you’re reading a blog for ‘wellness,’ if you’re doing your own ‘research,’ be sure better ideas come from credible sources. Taking medical advice, or simple health advice, from a moron is not the […]

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OREGON HISTORICAL BUSINESS

November 3, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Oregon Historical Society holds a special place in my heart. I took a temporary job there as a museum guard, a six month assignment to watch over an exhibit called Soft Gold. Six months turned into twenty-odd years before I signed off. It was a dream job from guard, to exhibit worker, to curatorial […]

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OKAY IT’S BROKEN TREATIES, BUT WE’RE STILL KEEPING THE LAND

March 21, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Watching Broken Treaties on Oregon Public Broadcasting tonight? It’s no bedtime story. Too often we live in a bubble. Not much gets in and most of what we see is our own reflection. It’s not an ideal way of life, more a goal. Then the bubble pops and things change, like you’ve got things to […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: America, broken treaties, doctrine of discovery, donation land claim, indians, land grants, manifest destiny, natives, new america, OHS, old america, OPB, Oregon, oregon historical society, oregon natives, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Trail, portland housing, relocation

SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by David Gillaspie

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Hall Of Fame, Heisman Trophy, history, lombardi trophy, Multnomah Athletic Club, museum, museum dream, OHS, Oregon, oregon historical society, Oregon History, oregon sports, Oregon Sports News, Portland, Portland State, Portland Timbers, providence park, sports, Stanley Cup

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OREGON

February 13, 2014 by David Gillaspie

What do you get your state for Valentine’s Day? How about a book? A recent article in the Sunday Oregonian’s Arts and Entertainment section highlighted four books about Oregon. Slavery In The Northwest shows an Oregon past that’s glossed over far too often. Sure Oregon was a great destination for midwestern farmers on the move. […]

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OHS Shows ‘What They Did’

December 13, 2013 by David Gillaspie

On a wicked cold December night a man lectured from the stage of the First Congregational Church in downtown Portland. James Swanson spoke to a full house, breaking down the Kennedy assassination moment by moment from his book ‘END OF DAYS, The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.’ Swanson followed the characters and events from fifty […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: Baby Boomers, boomerpdx, David Gillaspie, downtown Portland, END OF DAYS, Jackie Kennedy, James Swanson, JFK, John F. Kennedy, OHS, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, The Oregon Historical Society

Boomerpdx Remembers Historian Thomas Vaughan

December 8, 2013 by David Gillaspie

Most baby boomers who’ve worked for important companies never meet the big guy. You apply, go through human resources, or the personnel office, meet the department head, co-workers, and go at it for the next few decades. Thomas Vaughan met everyone before they got with the Oregon Historical Society program. He made it personal. How […]

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THE Oregon History

July 3, 2013 by David Gillaspie

A Good Time For A Refresher Course? Museums serve to help us understand. The good ones are a destination onto themselves. The Oregon Historical Society is fast becoming that destination. Again.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 1200 SW Park, Baby Boomers, boomers, Executive Director Kerry Tymchuck, history, Kerry Tymchuk, museums, Nike, OHS, oregon historical society, Oregon History, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Park Blocks, Precision Castparts, Windows On America