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March 2025
Vietnam War Veterans Commemoration Ceremony
The Oklahoma History Center Museum (OHCM), is proud to host a pinning ceremony honoring all the servicemen and servicewomen, active or reservists, who served anywhere in the world during the Vietnam War era. The event will be held in the Devon Great Hall of the OHCM on Saturday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to noon, with the doors opening at 9 a.m. This event is free and open to the public. March 29 was designated as Vietnam Veterans Day by…
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Wreath laying and flyover
To commemorate the death of Will Rogers, commonly referred to as Oklahoma’s Favorite Son, the Will Rogers Memorial Museum will host a wreath-laying at the tomb on Friday, August 8, at noon. Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935, in Point Barrow, Alaska. Upon hearing the news, then-president Franklin Roosevelt said, “I was shocked to hear of the tragedy which has taken Will Rogers and Wiley Post from us. Will was…
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