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Springfield: Clark County Heritage Center hosts OHS traveling exhibit

By MelissaLuthman, posted on April 19th, 2012.

[ April 9, 2012 to May 23, 2012. ] The Clark County Heritage Center will host the Ohio and the Civil War: 150 Years Later, the Ohio Historical Society’s traveling exhibit that focuses on people and places around Ohio that were of significance during the Civil War, how each impacted the war effort, and how the war impacted Ohio and its people.

Subjects include: The [...]

Kent: Exhibit “On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions & Domestic Life”

By cmccune, posted on April 11th, 2011.

[ August 1, 2011 to August 26, 2011. September 26, 2011 to September 30, 2011. October 1, 2011 to October 31, 2011. November 1, 2011 to November 30, 2011. December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. January 1, 2012 to January 31, 2012. February 1, 2012 to February 29, 2012. March 1, 2012 to March 31, 2012. April 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012. May 1, 2012 to May 31, 2012. June 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012. July 1, 2012 to July 31, 2012. ] As Americans observe the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, the Kent State University Museum will present an exhibit about the material circumstances and domestic life during the Civil War and in the years that followed. Through the display of women’s and children’s costumes, which will be supplemented with related photographs, decorative [...]

Wauseon Amazing Race and Civil War Encampment

By strobes223, posted on May 2nd, 2012.

[ May 12, 2012; 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] The Wauseon Downtown Association will be kicking off the summer season with Wauseon’s Amazing Race!  On Saturday, May 12, everyone is invited to Depot Park to participate in this fun and informative game.  Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the old Depot Building, and the scavenger hunt wraps up there at 11:00 a.m.  Wauseon’s Amazing [...]

Cleveland: Civil War 150th Commemoration Event in Old Brooklyn

By Kristina, posted on April 12th, 2012.

[ May 12, 2012; 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Join the  Historical Society of Old Brooklyn for an exciting  Civil War 150th anniversary event where you will be  immersed in the 19th century! You’ll meet presenter President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, listen to Civil War period music, and see Civil War-era quilts and other historical displays while enjoying Civil War-era food.

Location: Pearl Road [...]

Franklin: Presentation: Morgan’s Ohio Raid

By Melanie_J, posted on April 24th, 2012.

[ May 12, 2012; 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Please join us for the presentation…
Morgan’s Ohio Raid
Pulitzer-Prize nominated author Lester V. Horwitz will discuss Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid into Ohio in July 1863, which is based on his book The Longest Raid of the Civil War.  This program of the Franklin Public Library will take place on Saturday, May 12 from 1:30 [...]