Vanport Mosaic Festival is an annual summer festival begun in 2016 commemorating the history of
Vanport,
Oregon
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's then second-largest city, which was destroyed by the
1948 Columbia River flood, and the
Fair Housing Act
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. It is described by its organizers as an act of "memory activism".
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History of Portland, Oregon
The history of the city of Portland, Oregon, began in 1843 when business partners William Overton and Asa Lovejoy filed to claim land on the west bank of the Willamette River in Oregon Country. In 1845 the name of Portland was chosen for this com ...
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Kaiser Shipyards
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Interstate 405 (Oregon)
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* {{Cite web , date=2016-05-14 , title=Vanport Mosaic Festival , url=https://www.kboo.org/media/49801-vanport-mosaic-festival , access-date=2022-06-13 , website=KBOO , language=en
Festivals established in 2016
Festivals in Portland, Oregon
History festivals