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PDX RETRO BLOG HONORS A FIREFIGHTER

Gresham Firefighter Brandon Norbury. (Photo: City of Gresham)
Brandon Wade Norbury Feb. 27, 1972 – Feb. 3, 2023)

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has
ordered flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown
at half-staff until sunset on February 15 to honor
Gresham Firefighter Brandon Norbury, who
died after
suffering cardiac arrest
while on duty.

(FUNERAL SERVICE, 1:00 PM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15)

EAST HILL CHURCH FAMILY

701 N. MAIN AVE, GRESHAM, OR.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ever The A-Hole Trump Refuses Annapolis Mayor's Request to Lower Flag for Capital Gazette Victims.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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James Dean - Death, Movies & Quotes - Biography
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

James Dean was one of those rare stars whose persona became
more famous than any of his films — and yet he would only live
to see one of those films released. The adaptation of Steinbeck’s
epic novel “East of Eden” (1955).

James Dean’s brief yet iconic time in the spotlight came to an
abrupt end when he died in a tragic car accident . The details
of his death remain both perplexing and disturbing to this day.

James Dean Death / James Dean Car Crash Rare Photos To Go Up For Auction Next Month / An inquest ...

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JFK LAID TO REST ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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Three days after his
assassination in Dallas, Texas, John F.
Kennedy
was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery
in Virginia.

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On this day in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal
flame (below) was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.
    

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Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy walk away from the president’s casket after lighting the Eternal Flame.

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John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery
after its 2013 renovation.

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On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist . McKinley succumbed
to his wounds on September 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
was sworn into office on the same day, succeeding McKinley, who had
been reelected in 1900. Gzolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901.

    
   
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Leon Frank Czolgosz  (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)

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The site of William McKinley’s assassination is shown.
The site of William McKinley’s tragic assassination in Buffalo, New
York is only marked by a plaque on a large boulder.
        

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