[ November 9, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join the Worthington Historical Society for their general meeting, followed by a talk on Camp Chase.

Location:777 High St # 1,  Worthington, OH 43085-4174

Sponsor: Worthington Historical Society

For more information, please visit  http://www.worthingtonhistory.org.

[ October 21, 2011; 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Join the Worthington Historical Society for their Civil War Sesquicentennial Series, and the program “Civil War Lantern Tours.”

This year the Worthington Historical Society will trade in ghosts for a cast of Civil War figures at the annual lantern tours in celebration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Join us on a walking tour around the historic [...]

[ September 18, 2011; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Join the Worthington Historical Society for their Civil War Sesquicentennial Series, and the program “Camp Lyon Walking Tour.”

John Haueisen will talk about the nearly a thousand new recruits for the Civil War, who gathered right here on this spot in Worthington, nearly 150 years ago. They will hear how it came to be called Camp [...]

[ October 27, 2011; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join the Union County Historical Society for their Annual Dinner at Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City. The program will feature author Scott Trostel who will speak on “The Lincoln Inaugural Train.”

Location: Der Dutchman Restaurant, 445 S. Jefferson Route 42,  Plain City, Ohio 43064

For more information or to reserve seats, call Robert W. Parrot, president at [...]

[ August 25, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Ruth Dobyns, Curator of the Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College, will discuss the contributions and history of the Religious Society of Friends who settled in Southwest Ohio. The talk will focus primarily on the activism and response of Quaker  communities to the events of the Civil War.

Sponsor: Westerville Public Library,  Quaker Heritage Center at Wilmington College

Location:  Westerville [...]