Patrick Henry would be proud
An alert reader sends this street scene from beautiful Condon, Oregon:
Yep, over that way, it's "Give me Liberty, or give me death."
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Comments (5)
I'm just hoping there's a pie shop on the other side of the mortuary.
Posted by darrelplant | September 30, 2010 10:07 AM
If not a pie shop, maybe a barber shop...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd
Posted by PDXLifer | September 30, 2010 10:37 AM
In my travels in Utah I once passed through a small town that had a taxidermist located immediately next to the town cemetery.
Posted by Dave J. | September 30, 2010 10:47 AM
Portland also had a Liberty theatre.
http://www.pdxhistory.com/html/portland_theaters.html :
View of the Liberty Theatre at Broadway and Stark Street in 1946
A number of businesses named liberty sprung up around WWII.
Thanks
JK
Posted by jim karlock | September 30, 2010 3:03 PM
We like the concept of "liberty or death",over there, aging yuppies.
Posted by Ted Power | October 3, 2010 2:02 PM