Pioneers Remember Valdez Earthquake
Photo by Suzie Koklich
Suzie Koklich & the Pioneers of Alaska
On Sunday, March 27 at 5:30 p.m., Igloos Two and Seven of the Pioneers of Alaska hosted a memorial service in memory of those lost in Valdez and PWS as a result of the earthquake on that date in 1964.
Mayor Sharon Scheidt read a proclamation and former governor Bill Walker, who was a 12-year-old boy growing up in Valdez at the time of the quake, read the names of those lost.
This event is hosted annually by the Pioneers of Alaska Igloos Two and Seven as a way to honor those lost and also to help preserve the history of our great state.
Photo by Suzie Koklich
Photo by Suzie Koklich
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