Portland lad grew up to be a founding father of USSR




Offbeat Oregon History podcast show

Summary: Portland native Jack Reed was the only American buried in the Kremlin wall; his enthusiasm for the Bolsheviks was cooling toward the end, but after he died they gave him a state funeral and declared him a martyr to the revolution. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1900s, 1910s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1602d.john-reed-communism-380.html)