Beaverton's 125th Anniversary - August 15 to 16, 2009
A victorious American Force, MacLachlan's / US 25th Infantry, marches into downtown Beaverton on Saturday, August 15!
Tom Hurlbut, portraying Brigadier Duncan MacArthur of the US 25th, reads a proclamation concerning manifest destiny (supposed benevolent imperialism) to the local citizenry, as the "captured" real-life Mayor of Brock Township, Larry O'Connor, looks on:
A bit of trivia: Brock township was originally named for Major General Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812).