[ June 11, 2011; June 12, 2011; ] Come join us for the 8th annual Civil War weekend at East Harbor State Park. This year we will be portraying the start of hostilities and early engagements, that cost a total of over 700,00 dead over 4 years of struggle. We will begin with Fort Sumter, and continue with the battle [...]

Description: This toolkit is for classes or other groups reading The Brothers’ War by J. Patrick Lewis. It includes discussion questions, extension activities, resources to explore, author information, and more.
A century and a half ago our country stood divided into North and South. In this collection of poems, J. Patrick Lewis adopts the voices of [...]

The end of the Civil War called not only for healing the nation’s wounds, but also for attending to the estimated 300,000 disabled veterans in need of extended care and housing.
The Dayton VA Historic District, located three miles west of downtown Dayton on the campus of the Dayton VA Medical Center and National Cemetery, reflects [...]

[ June 24, 2011; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. June 25, 2011; 10:00 am to 11:00 pm. June 26, 2011; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Travel to Dreamsville, U.S.A. on June 24, 25 and 26 and experience a mixture of World War Two and Civil War History. Dennison was the nation’s third largest canteen in World War Two and celebrates it every year with the American Soldiers Homecoming Festival. This year, to commemorate the Civil War, the [...]

[ July 14, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Come here Eric Wittenberg at the Dover Public Library. He   is an Ohio Humanities Council Civil War 150 Speakers Bureau speaker. He will talk about one of the Civil War’s most famous battles,   the battle of Gettyburg. He will also talk about the role that Ohio   troops played in the battle.

Location Dover Public Library; 525 [...]