Avamere at Bethany Celebrates Its Newest Centenarian

Portland, OR — A one-room school teacher at age 17, Carolyn Orwiler raised five children and had a long teaching career—all while her husband, Bob, was often gone at sea with the Navy. Before moving to Oregon in 1965, she lived in nine different states, moving at...

Juneteenth 2026 Celebrations & Resources

Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day) commemorates of June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to finally inform enslaved Black Americans of their freedom. Texas was the last state to receive the news, more than two years after the Emancipation...