A Christmas present caused our daughter to embark on a mission to find the Portland White Stag sign in downtown Portland. We then wandered across the street to the Japanese-American Historical Plaza. In retrospect, I wish we had spent more time in the plaza where George Takei could have given us an audio tour.
The sign saw its first iteration in 1940 and evolved to say “Portland Oregon.”
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- The Christmas present from our Portland-promoting granddaughter.
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- The real thing.
There was quite a bit of history of Japanese immigrants to Oregon and their progeny, including the World War 2 interment. More quite interesting information here. I should have taken more photos.
