February celebrates love, so Legion Readers in the heart of the Alberta Arts District brings you a love-fest for lovers of stories, writing, and writers. “Love and Hate” presents some of Portland’s finest emerging writers, including John Barrios, Sean Davis, Trevor Dodge, Celeste Gurevich, Andrew Stark,Matthew Robinson, Edie Rylander, Davis Slater, and Adam Strong. This … Continue reading Legion Readers for February, 2015
“How War Affects Us” Oregon Humanities Series – Month 1
We had a great meeting with some amazing discussion. This was our first meeting for the six month long series on the wars our country has been fighting and how they affect us. The group included combat veterans of these current wars and Vietnam War veterans as well as civilians of multiple generations. Many of … Continue reading “How War Affects Us” Oregon Humanities Series – Month 1
How War Affects Us
'They' by Siegfried Sassoon The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back 'They will not be the same; for they'll have fought 'In a just cause: they lead the last attack 'On Anti-Christ; their comrades' blood has bought 'New right to breed an honourable race, 'They have challenged Death and dared him face to … Continue reading How War Affects Us
Thanksgiving 2014
For Thanksgiving of 2014 the members of the post got together and they cooked enough food to feed their community. Any veteran or civilian that didn't have a place to eat with family came out and stuffed themselves. Here are some of the photos from that day.