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Hi Dan, So I was hunting for the Murnane Memorial ...

2010-03-06T20:55:38.197-08:00

Hi Dan,
So I was hunting for the Murnane Memorial today could find anything. So I went looking online to see if the outcome had been utter loss. Now according to Wikipedia Francis J. Murnane (1914-1968) a longshore worker was a active historic preservationist. We need to learn more... "Campbell Memorial, which stands at 18th and West Burnside in Portland and honors Oregon firefighters killed in the line of duty. Murnane testified at a City Council meeting that 'Should placing new stones at the memorial be required, whatever the cost, civil decency and respect for those who gave their lives for their fellow citizens – are ample justification.'"

I noticed one of your vintage films of 1930s Portl...

2010-02-06T15:05:48.311-08:00

I noticed one of your vintage films of 1930s Portland traffic shows some of the memorial...

Burnside at 19th, Portland Oregon 1939.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnAaGxeoTNc

Writing to City Council or emailing them is most i...

2010-02-05T08:10:56.329-08:00

Writing to City Council or emailing them is most important to save this monument. Council members have only heard from a few people. Let them know how important this fine sculptural fountain is to West Burnside and the city.

Dan, thanks for helping publicize this danger to a...

2010-02-01T18:35:25.563-08:00

Dan, thanks for helping publicize this danger to a fine monument. The Campbell Memorial is not detriorating any more than any other structure of its age. I will write to the city commissioners including Randy Leonard to urge them to keep the fountain intact. I agree the bell, in a separate, 20-year old (?) structure, could be moved, but the fountain, and all it's plaques and light fixtures, must stay!