The ABCs of American Values
Bohemia Mining Days, Grand Miners Parade, July 19, 2025
The theme: Striking Gold: A Legacy Reignited
We say Democracy is Golden
and it really needs to be reignited!
Keep scrolling for more yummy helpings of the
Blackberry Pie Society!
Yep, that's "Gail of the Bookmine".
Wow! Is that Lady Liberty?
Just in case you forgot who we are,
we remind you with another banner, bringing up the rear!
Keep scrolling to see pics of our past parade entries. We even won the "Best Spirited" parade entry in 2018!
Enjoy our entire gallery along the way!
The Blackberry Pie Society gathered to give our new Congressional Representative Val Hoyle a send off as she left for Washington to begin her term as our representative!
The Blackberry Pie Society canvassed for Heather Buch, candidate for the Lane County Board of Commissioners representing East Lane County.
"All Humans are Diamonds" was the Blackberry Pie Society's response to the "Diamonds in the Rough" theme of the 2019 Bohemia Mining Days Parade.
Liberty for all humanity!
The Blackberry Pie Society won the "Most Spirited" award for its entry in the 2018 Bohemia Mining Days parade reminding us that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol that welcomes everyone to our country.
The Blackberry Pie Society and Cottage Grove United with Lady Liberty in the 2018 Bohemia Mining Days Parade
Bring Back FACTS was the theme of The Blackberry Pie entry in the 2017 Bohemia Mining Days Parade.
"Blow a Whistle," in honor of whistleblowers everywhere, was the The Blackberry Pie Society's entry in the 2015 Bohemia Mining Days Parade.
"Be Kind to All of Humanity" was the theme of the Blackberry Pie Society entry in the 2016 Bohemia Mining Days Parade in Cottage Grove.
We wore a rainbow of colors!
An outpouring of thanks from people in Cottage Grove who wrote messages of appreciation to the Obamas for their service to our country.
The thank you note we received from the Obamas is framed and can be seen at the Bookmine.
Physicist and social activist Vandana Shiva with the Blackberry Pie Society's Bring Back FACTS bumper sticker. Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Natural Resource Policy (RFSTN), an organization devoted to developing sustainable methods of agriculture, in 1982.
Lane County Administrator Steve Mokrihisky shared the latest news from the county as part of a speaker's series sponsored by The Blackberry Pie Society.
Our former Congressman Peter DeFazio with a Pie a la Mode award from the Blackberry Pie Society.
Former Cottage Grove Police Chief Scott Shepherd and Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp at a public safety forum sponsored by The Blackberry Pie Society
The Blackberry Pie Society with former Commissioner Pete Sorenson and his Pie a la Mode award
Former Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson accepts a Pie a la Mode award from the Blackberry Pie Society
The Blackberry Pie Society provided refreshments for the Lane County Democratic Party meeting held in Cottage Grove in June 2016.
Former Oregon State Representative and Senator Tony Corcoran discussed Oregon politics as part of a Speakers Series sponsored by the Blackberry Pie Society