I SURE MISS THIS PLACE … IT WAS GREAT!

The Original Taco House No Longer Exists Anywhere in Portland - Eater Portland

Portlanders shocked after abrupt closing of Original Taco House - KPTV - FOX 12

The Original Taco House was a chain of Mexican restaurants
based in
Portland, Oregon
. Established by the Waddle family
in 1960, the
 
business at one time had five locations. The last
remaining two locations closed on December 31, 2017. 
        

        
        
       

The Northeast 82nd location was the first Original Taco House,
which opened in 1960. It was a fixture on KOIN-TV’s mid-day
cooking segments.

Brace yourself, Portland: The Original Taco House has closed - oregonlive.com

Original Taco House Fiesta Dressing • The Good Hearted Woman

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STAR OF FIRST RADIO SOAP HAS DIED

Vintage BARBRA FULLER Mutoscope Arcade Card NBC Radio Movie TV Actress c1940s | Topics - People ...

Barbara Fuller, a soap opera legend, has died at the age
of 102. "She was on radio’s first Soap Opera, ‘One Man’s
Family’ playing the role of Claudia for 14 years." She
also starred in movies and Television."

Barbra Fuller

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FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

13 Things You Didn't Know About Clara Barton - Cricket Media, Inc.

The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton (1821–1912) 
on this day in history, May 21, 1881.

Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas
Day
, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the American Red
Cross website notes.

She spent her early career as a teacher before moving to
Washington,
D.C. to work in the U.S. Patent Office.

According to the American Red Cross, at the time of the
American Civil War Barton shifted her career once again,
becoming a battlefield nurse.    
 

Clara Barton was inducted into the National Women’s Hall
of Fame
in 1973.


Red Cross nurses 1910
Members of the American Red Cross Corps in a photo taken around 1910.

Clara Barton (1821–1912), founder of the American Red Cross - She was nicknamed as the “Angel of ...

Red cross wartime effort
Photo of a dispensary taken around 1914.

The Early Years.




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LUCKY LINDY LANDING ON THIS DAY IN 1927

Web of History, Charles Lindbergh arrives in Paris on May 21,... | Charles lindbergh, Paris ...

Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget Field
in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop
transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between
New York to Paris. His single-engine monoplane, The Spirit
of St. Louis,
had lifted off from Roosevelt Field in New York
33 1/2 hours before.

May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh Landed in Paris, Completing the World’s First Solo, Nonstop ...

1927-05-29 Croydon Aerodrome, London, England (4) | Mark Joseph Jochim | Flickr

The 85th Anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's Famous Flight Picture | Charles Lindbergh's 1927 ...

May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh Landed in Paris, Completing the World’s First Solo, Nonstop ...

May 21, 1927: Lindbergh lands in Paris - The San Diego Union-Tribune

Ryan NYP ‘N-X-211’ “Spirit of St Louis” | c/n 30 Built 1927 … | Flickr
National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC.

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A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE BUTCHER?

Ebrahim Raisi sitting in a white chair

YOUR JOKING RIGHT?

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