Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who
served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site
by thousands of veterans of the conflict.

The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of
France to the people of the United States,was dedicated in
New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland (below).

Former President William Howard Taft (above) dedicated the
Lincoln Memorial on the Washington Mall on May 30, 1922.

At the time, Taft was serving as chief justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court. A crowd gathered on the Mall to witness
the ceremony.

The neoclassical monument honors 16th U.S. president 
Abraham Lincoln. Congress authorized construction of
a monument to Lincoln on the Capitol grounds in 1867
(two years after his assassination), but it took until 1911
for funding to be approved; construction was then
slowed due to World War I.

     
       
        
        
        
        
        
       
William Howard Taft (left) President Warren G. Harding (center) and Todd Lincoln, the eldest son of Abraham Lincoln. 
      
 

ROSS SIMPSON

Citizen Kane is a 1941 drama film directed by, produced
by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J.
Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was
Welles’s first feature film. Citizen Kane is frequently
cited as the greatest film ever made.

Kane opened at the RKO Palace Theatre on Broadway in
New York on May 1, 1941, in Chicago on May 6, and in Los Angeles on May 8.

The mountain lodge is located on the south side of Mount
Hood in Clackamas County, Oregon, about 60 miles east
of Portland.

Roosevelt at the podium, dedicating Timberline Lodge.

Timberline Lodge was dedicated September 28, 1937, by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above).

He dedicated the lodge, saying, "I am here to dedicate the
Timberline Lodge and I do so in the words of the bronze
tablet directly in front of me on the coping of this wonderful
building: ‘Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood National Forest
dedicated September 28, 1937, by the President of the United
States as a monument to the skill and faithful performance of
workers on the rolls of the Works Progress Administration.”

Most work was complete at the time of the dedication. After
some interior details were finished, the lodge opened to the
public February 4, 1938.

Dedication panel, Timberline Lodge, Timberline Trail, Government Camp, Clackamas County.

On Thursday, April 18, 2024 a fire broke out at the lodge requiring multiple fire agencies to respond.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multiple fire agencies responded to
a three-alarm fire at the historic Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood Thursday night.

According to Clackamas Fire, employees at the lodge called
firefighters at about 9:30 to report that a fire was burning in
the lodge’s attic.

Firefighters said that they had gotten a good handle on the fire
and were doing everything they could to preserve the historic
building.

Firefighters from Hoodland Fire, Gresham Fire, Estacada, and
Portland also responded. Timberline is closed at this time.