‘Longest-running’ protest in Oregon a credit to committed Grove residents

Names of U.S.-Iraq war dead in Bohemia Park in Cottage Grove. Birdy Hoelzle/Photo

COTTAGE GROVE — “Stand for Peace” has been a part of the Cottage Grove scene nearly two decades now. You have seen the rainbow Peace/Pace flags being waved. Signs with slogans, some generic like “No Justice, No Peace,” others more topical in tune with the news of the day that define the perimeter of Opal Whiteley/All American Square.

Dedicated volunteers have been holding…