Mayor's Proclamation for Vanport Day of Remembrance

City of Portland Mayor's Proclamation for Vanport Day of Remembrance

May 23rd, 10:15 am
Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, Oregon 

As part of The Vanport Mosaic Festival 2018 MAY 23-28, 6 days of memory activism opportunities in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Vanport Flood, and the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act: https://www.vanportmosaic.org/schedule

The Vanport Mosaic invites you to join our "memory activism" effort to amplify, honor and preserve the history of Vanport City.

Please join us at Portland City Council on May 23th, and make history with us! 70 years after a flood wiped out Oregon's second largest city on May 30 1942, Mayor Wheeler will proclaim

** Vanport Day of Remembrance**

Let's pack City Hall to show that this history matters, and as a community pledge #IRememberVanport

This has been such a wonderful community effort, and a perfect prelude to the The Vanport Mosaic Festival 2018, May 25-28, 2018. Full program coming soon: https://www.vanportmosaic.org/festival-2018/