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Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer holding an autographed guitar at the 2013 benefit event for the Oregon Military Museum. Image by oregonmildep. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Kiss concert raises $1M for Oregon military museum

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer holding an autographed guitar at the 2013 benefit event for the Oregon Military Museum. Image by oregonmildep. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer holding an autographed guitar at the 2013 benefit event for the Oregon Military Museum. Image by oregonmildep. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) – The band Kiss shed the makeup and pulled out acoustic guitars to raise money for the renovation of the Oregon Military Museum.

The Oregonian reports the $2,500-a-ticket gala Sunday night in Lake Oswego raised more than $1 million.

The museum is named for the father of lead guitarist Tommy Thayer. He is Brig. Gen. James B. Thayer, now 93, a World War II hero who liberated a Nazi death camp.

The museum is at the Oregon National Guard’s Camp Withycombe in Clackamas. The renovation is expected to cost $15 million, and half has been raised.

An auction Sunday included one of Kiss member Paul Stanley’s guitars, fetching $20,000.

The paper reported the band did a 14-song set, closing with an unplugged version of Rock and Roll All Nite.

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Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer holding an autographed guitar at the 2013 benefit event for the Oregon Military Museum. Image by oregonmildep. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer holding an autographed guitar at the 2013 benefit event for the Oregon Military Museum. Image by oregonmildep. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.