[or-roots] program of interest to OR- roots

[Layne G SAWYER]

MONUMENTAL MOMENTS

On  Sunday, September 18, 2005, 2:00 P. M. - 5:00 P. M.

At Hillsboro Pioneer  Cemetery (just west of Hillsboro on Oregon Rt.
8,
West Baseline)

The  public is invited to celebrate the history of Hillsboro and some
of
its early  citizens. 

Sponsored by the Genealogical Society of Washington County,  The
Hillsboro
Historical Society, the Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association,  in
cooperation with the City of Hillsboro and Fir Lawn  Cemetery

Admission $2 per individual; $5.00 max for a family
Watch for  signs indicating where to park.

For further information: Contact Judy  Goldmann.  
judy_goldmann at pmug.org 
or  503-648-9597


Anyone who has ever strolled through a cemetery has  certainly
wondered
about those who lie below the earth, represented now only  by a stone
with
engraving that gives his or her name, birth and death dates,  and
perhaps a
simple sentiment.  Who was this person when he  lived?  What did she
do? 
Where did she live in Hillsboro?  What  did he do for a living?  

Questions like these and many more will be  answered with historical
vignettes, when some of the "permanent residents"  will make their
appearance, telling their stories.  Local actors and  historians in
authentic period costumes will portray a rich variety of  Hillsboro
personages, based on their extensive research into the lives of  each
one.

The past will come to life with these recreations of individual 
lives,
giving participants the opportunity to learn about the past, the 
people
who lived in the community, and to reconnect with a bygone era.   


Judy Goldmann