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Sponsored by Albany Regional Museum in partnership with Riverside Cemetery, the 14th annual History Through Headstones self-guided tour features docents presenting the historical contributions of local medical practitioners. This event is free to attend. Can’t make it on May 22? No worries! Signage will remain up at Riverside Cemetery following this event with QR codes. Once you scan the QR code with your smart phone, you will have access to a narration of the lives of this year’s subjects.

Photo credit: “Riverside Cemetary Heart of Linn County Genealogy” by Kimberly Richards

You are invited to attend a dedication ceremony of the Gold Star Family Memorial which will be placed in the Linn County Veterans Memorial in Timber Linn Memorial Park in Albany.
Come and show your support for the Gold Star Families who have lost loved ones.
All are welcome.

The event will be held on Memorial Day, May 27th at 11:00 AM.

What: Get Outdoors Day/Un Día en el Bosque
Free family fun in the forest. Dozens of activities to help get families excited about the outdoors.
When: June 1, 2024, 10 am to 3 pm
Where: Peavy Arboretum, Corvallis, OR

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Come to the Native American Cultural Encampments summer of 2024, with Deitrich Peters and friends. The public is invited to come learn about Native culture, explore handcrafts and items for sale, watch the Pow-wow style dancing (there is usually one dance where you are invited to participate) and practice traditional skills and crafts. Listen to some beautiful flute playing, enjoy stories, and explore the drum and more. Many different tribes are represented at these gatherings.

SCEC will be there with a table showing Kalapuya Ways items of material culture, and presenting different crafts classes and atlatl throwing. Karen Rainsong, our Executive Director, presents this teaching and may also tell a few Kalapuya stories.

On Sunday mid afternoon there is a big feast where everyone can eat for free. “Indian tacos” are served. No need to RSVP. Please join the fun!

DATES
June 29th – July 1st Roaring River County Park in Scio
July 19- 21, Waterloo County Park in Lebanon
Aug 23 – 25, Cascadia County Park in Sweethome

Come to the Native American Cultural Encampments summer of 2024, with Deitrich Peters and friends. The public is invited to come learn about Native culture, explore handcrafts and items for sale, watch the Pow-wow style dancing (there is usually one dance where you are invited to participate) and practice traditional skills and crafts. Listen to some beautiful flute playing, enjoy stories, and explore the drum and more. Many different tribes are represented at these gatherings.

SCEC will be there with a table showing Kalapuya Ways items of material culture, and presenting different crafts classes and atlatl throwing. Karen Rainsong, our Executive Director, presents this teaching and may also tell a few Kalapuya stories.

On Sunday mid afternoon there is a big feast where everyone can eat for free. “Indian tacos” are served. No need to RSVP. Please join the fun!

DATES
June 29th – July 1st Roaring River County Park in Scio
July 19- 21, Waterloo County Park in Lebanon
Aug 23 – 25, Cascadia County Park in Sweethome

SAVE THE DATE: The 45th Summer Interior Tour of Historic Homes will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 27, in Albany, Oregon. Several lovely historic homes will be open for touring, as well as the Monteith House, Albany Regional Museum, and other historic buildings.

More details to come. Tickets will go on sale online in June.

Visitors are asked to please not touch items in the homes and to not take photos or video while inside.

Proceeds from Albany’s Interior Tour of Historic Homes benefit the Monteith House Museum.

Photo by Melinda Martin.