"Edward Dickinson Baker Day"will be launched on February 24, 2012 in Salem, Oregon

Feb. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- After 150 years, and during the first year of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial observances...Oregon is conferring another honor upon our Civil War Statesman/Soldier, Edward Dickinson Baker. On the 201st anniversary of his birth, Oregon United States Senator and Union Army Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker will have his life and achievements celebrated on the first ever Edward Dickinson Baker Day, an Oregon day of honor that will be launched with a special ceremony at the Oregon State Capitol on Friday, February 24, 2012.

Thanks to the efforts of Lobbyist Greg Leo, the Oregon Sons of Uniion Veterans, Portland State University and the Oregon Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, the Oregon State Legislature, Governor John Kitzhaber, the Oregon State Capitol Foundation and many more..."Edward Dickinson Baker Day" is a reality!

Everyone is invited to come down to the Oregon State Capitol to commemorate the life and achievements of Oregon's Soldier/Statesman on the 201st anniversary of his birth. There will be a special "Presenting of the Colors" by the Sons of Union Veterans Reserve, and, the playing of "Taps" and an visit paid to the Oregon Veterans Medal of Honor memorial on the Capitol grounds, where the names are inscribed of four Civil War Medal of Honor recipients buried in Oregon. The memorial honors all of Oregon's veterans, focuses on the valor shown by the Oregon Medal of Honor recipients and has the names of the four Oregonians with connections to the Civil War, and 2012 marks the 150th Anniversary of the creation of the Army Medal of Honor back on July 12, 1862.

WHAT:  Oregon honors its Civil War hero and second United States Senator with an "Edward Dickinson Baker Day" on Friday, February 24, 2012 starting at 10:00am

WHEN: Friday, February 24, 2012

WHERE:  Oregon State Capitol, 900 Court Street NE

INFO: Call (503)303-8426

COST: Free and open to the public

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The Oregon Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is dedicated to educating Oregonians about the life and contributions Oregon United States Senator Edward Dickinson Baker made to our fledgling state before his untimely battlefield death at Ball's Bluff, Virginia on October 21, 1861. We are also educating Oregonians, the Nation and the world about the ,many connections Oregon has to the Civil War.