Category Archives: Events

Events organized by the Garden Home History Project

2015 Calendar For Sale

Posted on October 21, 2014 by GHHP

2015 Calendar: Historic Garden Home through the Decades Each month describes a different decade in the history of Garden Home. These calendars are great just for the historic photos and text. Calendars are available locally for $8 at Lamb’s Market, … Continue reading →

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May 17, 2014 Armed Forces Day celebration

Posted on May 17, 2014 by GHHP

On May 17, 2014, the Garden Home History Project hosted a celebration of Armed Forces Day at the Garden Home Recreation Center. The event included a formal color guard presentation by the Aloha American Legion Post, introductions of attending veterans … Continue reading →

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2013 Historic Garden Home Neighborhoods Calendar

Posted on November 25, 2012 by GHHP

This keepsake calendar is filled with vintage Garden Home photos and memoirs. You’ll also find out how a number of streets got their names. Find the neighborhoods you played in. This keepsake calendar, our second edition of our Garden Home … Continue reading →

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Oct 20, 2012 Centennial Celebration of Garden Home School opening

Posted on November 1, 2012 by GHHP

What fun we had at our Centennial Celebration of the opening of Garden Home School in 1912! Classmates, displays, coffee and donuts, lunch sandwich rolls, transcriber table, slides and photos of school classes, brief program and FUN filled the gymnasium. … Continue reading →

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June 2012 History Bulletin Board

Posted on June 14, 2012 by GHHP

This month’s History Board at the Garden Home Recreation Center features some of our past Garden Home residents on our Memorial Board. Virginia Vanture does a great job on the History Board and we know you’ll enjoy the photos and … Continue reading →

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June 2012 Fogelquist and the Unitarian Church, Open Houses

Posted on June 14, 2012 by GHHP

A special invitation from Ross Fogelquist and the Unitarian Fellowship to enjoy these historical buildings.  Presentations at  1, 2, and 3 pm.  Parking at both buildings, can walk from one to the other.  More information, see Newsletters:  Spring 2012 Garden … Continue reading →

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Garden Home Community United Methodist Church’s Historic Bell

Posted on March 21, 2012 by GHHP

  The bell in Lamb’s Thriftway in Garden Home has the following description on a bronze plaque: THIS BELL WAS FIRST INSTALLED IN THE GARDEN HOME COMMUNITY CHURCH. IT WAS LOCATED  at S.W. 71st AND GARDEN HOME ROAD IN 1918. … Continue reading →

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Sep 24, 2011 Centennial anniversary of the first Garden Home class for school children

Posted on September 24, 2011 by GHHP

Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011: We’ll be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first Garden Home class for school children, beginning at 10 am. In 1911 the class was held upstairs in Chris Jager’s store, now the Dairy Queen corner. The original Garden Home … Continue reading →

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May 18, 2011 Evening at the Old Cannery

Posted on May 19, 2011 by GHHP

Photos from the Evening at the Old Cannery event held May 18, 2011.

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Apr 9, 2011 Crescent Grove Cemetery Tour

Posted on April 19, 2011 by GHHP

The tour will take about one hour. Wear good walking shoes. You’ll hear stories about Margaret Scherner, one of the early Postmistresses. Also the Nichols who developed the first store in the early 1900s and the sad story of their … Continue reading →

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