[ April 11, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The Sunday program series continues with a presentation on the life of Lucretia Garfield: wife, mother, grandmother, First Lady, landowner, and family matriarch. This program will be held in honor of Mrs. Garfield’s April 19th birthday.

Free of charge (though anyone 16 and over wishing to tour the Garfield home or exhibits is subject to the [...]

[ March 28, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] James A. Garfield NHS celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2010! Congress passed legislation designating the site on December 28, 1980, transferring ownership to the National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior). We will host four special programs throughout 2010 commemorating this important anniversary. This presentation will trace the history of the Garfields’ ownership of [...]

On April 27, 2009, Ohio Governor Strickland released a Governor’s Directive (PDF) establishing the state’s effort to commemorate the Civil War sesquicentennial.   To read an article about the Directive, go to the Ohio Historical Society’s Histore-news.