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Pacific NW Civil War 150th Anniversary Lecture: "The Emancipation Proclamation and Oregon's African American settlers: Portland's Andrew Johnston, Sarah Johnston Wisdom and Joseph Wisdom and the legacy of the Civil War"
| Location: | Oregon, United States |
| Lecture Date: | 2013-01-05 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2013-01-05 |
| Announcement ID: |
199994 |
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The January 5, 2013 lecture examines the lives and contributions of three prominent members of Portland's early black society, whose pre- and post-war experiences as fugitive and emancipated slaves provides an interesting backdrop to the upcoming Oregon History Museum's exhibit "All Aboard: Railroading and Portland's Black Community" opening January 15, 2013.
Presented as the closing program of Oregon's "Freedom Week: Observing the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln" that started with a Night Watch/ Freedom's Eve illuminated vigil on Dec 31, 2012 in Lincoln Square and continued on New Year’s Day 2013 with a wreath-laying ceremony, tolling of the Freedom Bell at the “Freedom’s Seven” burial plot Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery.
Date: January 5, 2013
Venue: Midland branch library of Multnomah County
805 SE 122nd, Portland, Oregon 11:00am
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