Speaker. Oregon. the Beaver State. offers a floral salute with its blossoms of its State flower. the Oregon Grape. to the 78th Annual Tournament of Roses. which will usher in the year of 1967. This will be a milestone in the States historythe 125th anniversary of the first immigrant train over the Oregon Trail which hastened the occurrence of statehood 17 years later. This State has a sister floral event. the Portland Rose Festival. which has been an annual float entrant in the Rose Parade since 1912. The Tournament of Roses has reciprocated with entries in our great event and the two host the officials of the other.
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