Salem History Moment
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<p>Weekly Episodes featuring interesting history about Salem, Oregon. Airs weekly on KMUZ radio in Salem. Sponsored by the Salem Historic Landmarks Commission.</p>
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3/3/2025
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May 21, 2026
Historic Preservation Month 2026
<p>May is Historic Preservation month and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month! This year Preservation Month takes on a new meaning. As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we’re looking to the places that bring its most powerful promise to life, that “all people are created equal,” and to the preservationists making sure those places endure. This year, help us celebrate the historic sites, neighborhoods, and landmarks that tell the full American story—places that remind us of how far we've come and how far we still have to go. To learn more about the Salem Historic Landmarks Commission and Salem history, subscribe to our newsletter through the City of Salem's e-newsletter portal <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cityofsalem.net/community/connect-with-us">City of Salem Connect with Us</a>. Once on the page, enter your email address and select the <strong>Salem Historic Landmarks Commission Newsletter</strong> from the topic-specific mailing lists. Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren developed a toolkit for Asian Americans to reconstruct lost enclaves from Library collections and other sources. To experience this please visit the Library of Congress site and search for “<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://libraryofcongress.github.io/seeing-lost-enclaves/">seeing lost enclaves”.</a></p>
May 7, 2026
McMinnville's UFO Festival
<p>May is when the annual "UFO Festival" in McMinnville is celebrated. This is the second-largest UFO festival in the nation after the one held in <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico">Roswell, New Mexico</a>. The McMinnville UFO festival began in 1999 – and was a way to honor the 1950 sighting where two local citizens witness and photographed a UFO. The photos were printed in Life magazine by Paul and Evelyn Trent at their farm outside of McMinnville. On June 8, 1950, Powell's story of the incident—accompanied by the two photos—was published as a front-page story in the McMinnville Telephone-Register. The headline read: "At Long Last—Authentic Photographs Of Flying Saucer." This year they are celebrating their 26th Festival. To learn more about this event please visit: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://ufofest.com">ufofest.com</a>. In 1974, the National UFO reporting center was established in Davenport Washington. This is a non-governmental, non profit organization registered in Washington State. Additional sightings continued to be reported – such as the sighting of a UFO over East Salem reported in January 1979 as reported by multiple residents to the Capitol Journal, who said they saw a round glowing object with red flashing lights, hovering in the sky. If you want to learn more about the National UFO reporting center please visit: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://nuforc.org/">https://nuforc.org/</a></p>
April 23, 2026
Oregon Trail Coin
<p>America 250 (or the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=U.S.+Semiquincentennial&rlz=1C1GCEB_enUS1029US1029&oq=what+is+america+250&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l9.3737j0j3&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ved=2ahUKEwjdveTw0YSUAxWDEjQIHVMKPMIQgK4QegYIAQgAEAM">U.S. Semiquincentennial</a>) commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, celebrated on July 4, 2026. It is a nationwide initiative to honor 250 years of American history. 100 years ago in 1926, the country was celebrating the sesquicentennial and Congress authorized the minting of the Oregon Trail half dollar coin, to help fund the installation of markers along the Oregon Trail. Prior to the request by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association in 1926 there was a lot of public interest in the history of the Oregon trail – For example. in 1923 Paramount Pictures released the silent film “The Covered Wagon” about two caravans of emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail in 1848. You can watch the full silent movie on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/DwWjPfK5FJc?si=IHH8SEqg9Eczg_MA">YouTube</a>. To celebrate the Nation's Semiquincentennial (SemiQ) this year, the United States Mint is proud to unveil one-year-only changes to well-known American coinage, such as the circulating dime, quarter, and half dollar. You can find out more at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/semiquincentennial/">https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/semiquincentennial/</a></p>
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