Exhibition July 4-6, 2025, at the Don and Ann Davis Park gazebo in Newport, Oregon. In Spring of 2025, the Coastal Arts Guild invited the public to create/write and mail in postcards communicating what they would want to share with future generations, to be included in this 4th of July weekend exhibition. Some postcards came from out of state, and one from Ireland and another Australia, but the majority were by people living in or near Lincoln County, Oregon. Visitors to the exhibition could make their own on site, and about 20 did. They are included here with the rest. All submissions were included in the exhibition with the exception one that was not displayed due to adult language.
When we opened on the morning of July 4, one of our first visitors was a man who wanted to hear how his new Portuguese flute sounded inside the gazebo structure.
Cody, who lives near the gazebo, asked to have a photo of him and his dog Leman added to the postcard collection because he wants "people in the future to see Leman and say 'awww.'"