[ September 28, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. October 12, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. November 9, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Lincoln Society of Dayton and Dayton History Present a Series of Conversations About Abraham Lincoln

September 2009-May 2010

This exploration of various aspects of the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln begins September 28 with a planning meeting and distribution of free reading materials from the Library of America. There will be two opportunities to meet: [...]

[ October 10, 2009; 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Come celebrate John H. Grate, a past Commander-in-Chief of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic and also the last Civil War Veteran of Portage County.

At Atwater Town Hall, 1219 SR 183, Atwater, OH 44201

Rain or Shine

Pancake Breakfast at the Fire Department 7 AM – 10 AM

Parade, flag raising, rededication of the John Grate Memorial, [...]

On May 9th, 1861 Union General George B. McClellan moved troops from Ohio into western Virginia to secure the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after Union northwestern Virginian soldiers became concerned by the increased Confederate military presence and activity on the tracks and stations of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a railroad line near the Mason-Dixon [...]

Though much of Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written in Brunswick, Maine, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s inspiration came from listening to stories told by fugitve slaves escaping via the Underground Railroad while living in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1850 her husband, Calvin Stowe, accepted a position at Bowdoin College and relocated to Maine. It would be the passage [...]

In 1856, Lincoln declared himself a member of the newly established Republican Party. Lincoln’s old party, the Whig Party, had collapsed in the early 1850s. Lincoln acquired a national reputation in 1858. In that year, Lincoln was the Illinois Republican Party’s candidate for the United States Senate. The Democratic Party nominated the incumbent senator, Stephen [...]