http://bit.ly/1arI4Y4 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Rachel Randles Communications & Marketing Manager [email protected] | 503.306.5221 Portland Timbers MLS Cup Championship Trophy on display at Oregon Historical Society December 19 & 20 Portland, OR – December 16, 2015 – On the tails of the Portland Timbers’ historic MLS title, the Oregon Historical Society is thrilled to host the first public viewing of the championship trophy this weekend, December 19 & 20, 2015. Visit OHS (1200 SW Park Ave., Portland) this weekend from 10am – 5pm on Saturday and 12pm – 5pm on Sunday for the chance to take a selfie with this piece of Oregon sports history. Thanks to the generosity of the Portland Timbers and partner Providence Health & Services, admission will be free to all. In the holiday spirit of giving, the Timbers do suggest that attendees make a donation to their non-profit partner, Special Olympics Oregon. Representatives from Special Olympics Oregon will be on site to accept donations and provide information about their many programs. “There is no better place for the Timbers to share their historic achievement with the countless members of the Timbers Army than at the Oregon Historical Society,” said Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society. “Over the past two years, we have showcased the Stanley Cup, the Lombardi Trophy, & Marcus Mariota’s Heisman, and we can’t wait to play host to the Portland Timbers and celebrate their exciting victory.” The Timbers will also host a merchandise table on site. With championship branded items selling out daily, this is a great chance to finish up your holiday shopping and pick up scarves and shirts to stuff the stockings of the soccer fanatic in your life (or to keep to show off your PTFC pride!) In the meantime, read up on the history of the Portland Timbers on www.ohs.org in the free Oregon Historical Quarterly article, Soccer in the Seventies: Chris Dangerfield and the Original Portland Timbers, by Michael Orr and Morgen Young, co-curator the Society’s 2011 exhibition, Soccer City USA: The Portland Timbers and the NASL Years, 1975-82. About the Oregon Historical Society For more than a century, the Oregon Historical Society has served as the state’s collective memory, preserving a vast collection of artifacts, photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, films, and oral histories. Our research library, museum, digital platforms & website (www.ohs.org), educational programming, and historical journal make Oregon’s history open and accessible to all. We exist because history is powerful, and because a history as deep and rich as Oregon’s cannot be contained within a single story or point of view. .