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Read More About It: Rankin House in the News
The Rankin House, an Ohio Historical Society site, in Ripley, Ohio has been making the news. The house, which sits on a hill overlooking the Ohio River, was the home of abolitionists John and Jean Rankin. Recent excavation work has … Continue reading
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OHS Sites are Blue Star Museums
On Active Duty? Active-duty military families can visit many Ohio Historical Society sites free of charge now through Labor Day. The sites listed below are participating in the Blue Star Museums program: Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta Campus Martius … Continue reading
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A Community’s Gift
Marietta Exhibits Silver from USS Marietta A silver service from the USS Marietta, a gunboat commissioned in 1897 and decommissioned in 1919, is now on exhibit at the Ohio River Museum in Marietta. The citizens of Marietta raised funds to … Continue reading
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OHS in the News
OHS sites and programs are active all over the state! Ohio Honors Forgotten Psychiatric Patients Two new historical markers placed at Toledo cemeteries. Dayton Daily News Area Civil War Legacy Revealed OHS, the Ohio Humanities Council, and Cleveland State University’s … Continue reading
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Site exhibit gets a facelift
April 19-21, a small team of Curatorial and Exhibit staff from the Ohio Historical Center traveled to the the National Road and Zane Grey Museum to update the Zanesville Pottery exhibit. Working with material that was already at the museum, … Continue reading
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Extra! Extra!
OHS in the News Brad Lepper, curator of archaeology, has a column in the Insight section of the Sunday Columbus Dispatch, Ohio’s Earthworks Among Nation’s Best. He explains the significance of Ohio archaeology and why seven of Ohio’s sites are … Continue reading
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Cast Your Vote for Who Will Represent Ohio in Statuary Hall
Who is the best choice to represent Ohio? Beginning this Saturday you can cast your vote for the person who will replace former Governor William Allen as Ohio’s second statue in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill. Unlike regular elections, there is … Continue reading
And the countdown begins with 10
The Tenth Most Embarrassing Moment of Ohio History is… 10. Ohio Antiquities are Treasured … in London Chillicothe (January 1864). Edwin Davis, Chillicothe physician and co-author with Ephraim Squier of Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (the first publication of … Continue reading
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10 Finalists Chosen for National Statuary Hall Replacement
The National Statuary Collections Study Committee voted to narrow down the list of finalists to 10 this afternoon to replace William Allen in National Statuary Hall in Washington, DC. The 10 finalists are in alphabetical order: James M. Ashley Thomas … Continue reading
OHS in the News
It is a new year and things are happening at the Ohio Historical Society. The Stow Sentry reports on the passage of House Bill 75 that will give Ohio citizens the opportunity to directly support history: “Tax Payers Could Donate … Continue reading
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