Archive for July, 2010

Columbus: Ohio Statehouse Holiday Festival and Open House

By Kristina, posted on July 31st, 2010.

[ December 1, 2011; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] The holiday season opens in Ohio with the 96th annual Statehouse event. Attend the Statehouse Holiday Open House and Festival to kick off the 2011 holiday season. Holiday activities include: carolers, refreshments, model trains, community mascots and much more. Historical characters and modern dignitaries will be on hand to greet [...]

Columbus: Camp Chase Fifes and Drums @ State Fair

By Kristina, posted on July 29th, 2010.

[ August 1, 2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Camp Chase Fifes and Drums will be playing at the State Fair in Columbus!

The Camp Chase Fifes and Drums has been a leader in historical military field music since the early 1980s.   An authentic recreation of a Civil War-period regimental fife and drum corps founded in 1983, the corps is named after the large [...]

Unknown But Not Forgotten, No. 1

By Kristina, posted on July 29th, 2010.

We are starting a new series of posts called “Unknown But Not Forgotten.” A new photograph of an unknown Civil War soldier or civilian from the Ohio Historical Society collections or sent in by the public will be posted bi-weekly to both acknowledge and honor these men and women.   It’s a long shot but maybe [...]

Camp Chase

By Kristina, posted on July 29th, 2010.

August Featured Topic of the Month
In 1861, Camp Chase was established in Columbus, Ohio, to replace Camp Jackson. Governor William Dennison had ordered Camp Jackson’s creation as a meeting place for Ohio volunteers during the American Civil War. In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln called for seventy-five thousand volunteers to end the South’s rebellion. Governor [...]

Columbus: Kelton House Museum and Garden Lecture

By Kristina, posted on July 25th, 2010.

[ April 4, 2010; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Georgeanne Reuter, executive director of the Kelton House Museum and Garden, will be giving a presentation on the Kelton Family of Columbus as part of Green Lawn Cemetery’s First Saturdays program. Fernando and Sophia Kelton were abolitionists whose family home was a documented stop on the Underground Railroad. Their son Oscar [...]