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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Oregon Symbols

Oregon Symbols

Animal, Beverage, Bird, Colors, Dance, Father of Oregon, Fish, Flag, Flower, Fossil, Fruit, Gemstone, Historian Laureate, Hostess, Insect, Mother of Oregon, Motto, Mushroom, Nicknames, Nut, Rock, Seal, Shell, Song, Statehood Pageant, Team, Tree

Oregon State Statehood Pageant

Champoeg Historical Pageant

St Paul, Oregon

Adopted in 1987.

The Champoeg amphitheater, constructed in 1993, was built for the purpose of staging the annual Historical Pageant, tabbed by the 1987 state legislature as the "Official Pageant of Oregon Statehood", and sponsored by the Friends of Historic Champoeg.

Because of a three-year gap between pageants the facility was leased to a local promoter to stage a variety of musical groups, one of which is pictured here. Although the Pageant will not be held in 1998 as previously planned, anyone who has an interest in the next pageant can get additional information by writing to the

Friends of Historic Champoeg
8239 Champoeg Rd. NE
St Paul, Oregon 97137
or
e-mail Wes Alderson at wesalder@attbi.com

Champoeg State Park is the birthplace of Oregon - this is where the first Oregon government was formed. Each summer they hold a historical pageant. The park borders on the Willamette River and had a great deal of destruction in the floods of 1996 and 1997.

2001 Edition Oregon Revised Statutes
186.130 Champoeg Historical Pageant as official statehood pageant. (1) The Champoeg Historical Pageant is proclaimed to be the official pageant of Oregon statehood.
(2) The State Parks and Recreation Department shall encourage the further development of the pageant and promote increased attendance at its performances. [1987 c.831 §2; 1989 c.904 §51]

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.