Courage and Compassion: Japanese American Experience in WWII
July 14 - September 23, 2017 The Willamette Heritage Center is proud to announce it will host the debut of a new national traveling [...]
April 2017
May 2016
Memorial Day – Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery
Memorial Day observance at Odd Fellows Rural Cemetery circa 1885. WHC 1995.022.0003 “Cover them over with beautiful flowers, [...]
July 2014
July 29, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Once the dominos began to fall readers had difficulty keeping up with the news. The Capital Journal reported “The [...]
March 2011
WU Nisei Commemoration Set for April
During World War II, ten students were forced to leave Willamette University in Salem. All of them were American citizens [...]