memorials
Veterans Memorial Wall Defaced
On Sunday, May 30, at 9:20 a.m. Eugene Police received reports that someone had defaced the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial wall, which is along
May 31, 2021
1:41 pm
Category: Willamette Valley
memorials
Memorial honoring Vietnam War veterans on Oregon Capitol grounds moves forward
The memorial, scheduled to be completed by November 2023, is intended to finally say “welcome home” to a generation of veterans who fought in one
May 31, 2021
11:00 am
Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend starts with Timber Linn brick-laying
The Memorial Day Weekend observances kicked off at Timber Linn Memorial Park in Albany on Saturday, where 31 bricks were added to the walls commemorating
May 30, 2021
7:00 am
Memorial Day
Video: Vets Helping Vets HQ Wall of Honor convoy
Vets Helping Vets HQ, which is based in Albany, is bringing is transporting its Wall of Honor for Memorial Day events in Oswego, Illinois. Views:
May 16, 2021
8:54 am
Oregon filmmakers weave tale of soldiers, trauma and solutions in “United We Heal”
In 2014, Eugene filmmakers Ryan Rossman and Ryan Welch of AO Films set out to document soldiers who struggle everyday to incorporate battlefield lives into
May 16, 2021
5:33 am
COVID-19
VIDEO: Oregon National Guard soldier talks COVID-19 vaccine
Oregon Army National Guard Pfc. Marin Stoller talks about being activated to administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. Views: 501
May 1, 2021
6:32 pm
Vets banners effort resumes, with support from Rotary Club
Four years into the Hero Banner project, which has resulted in the hanging of dozens of banners portraying local veterans on power poles along Highway
April 7, 2021
10:13 am
WWII veterans
Albany ‘Rosie the Riveter’ receives Congressional Gold Medal
Juanita Eggers was still in high school when the Japanese bombed the United States naval yard at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Her aunt and uncle were
April 1, 2021
9:00 pm
WWII veterans
PHOTOS: Remembering a WWII love letter romance
Letters Bernard Brown wrote from overseas during WWII, to a girl back home who would eventually become his wife, have been compiled in “Dear Selma”
February 13, 2021
6:00 am
Samaritan’s coastal hospice team achieves third level in veterans’ partnership
(Newport, Ore. – Feb. 9, 2021) The coastal office of Samaritan Evergreen Hospice is moving rapidly through the partnership levels in the nationwide program called
February 9, 2021
10:58 pm
WWII veterans
Neighbors pitch in to give WWII vet special 93rd
Ray Wood’s neighbors posted greetings and hosted him at a celebration to mark his 93rd birthday in Keizer on Wednesday, Jan.20. Views: 578
January 29, 2021
11:30 am
Wreaths Around America places wreaths at gravesites around Oregon
LANE COUNTY, Ore. — One way to honor our fallen veterans is providing them with Christmas wreaths at their gravesite throughout Oregon and the country.
December 24, 2020
9:48 pm