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... that Rim Drive in Oregon, a scenic highway cited by the American Automobile Association as one of the ten most beautiful roads in the U.S., is a 33-mile loop that follows the caldera rim around Crater Lake (pictured)?
... that the Oregon Korean War Memorial was not built until nearly 50 years after the Korean War began?
... that Thomas Garrigus of Oregon was a silver medalist for the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team at the Summer Games in Mexico City?
... that while Oregon's Willamette Valley is known primarily for Pinot noir, Cristom Vineyards in the Eola-Amity Hills has been growing Syrah since 2002?

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