Point Pleasant: Grant’s 190th Birthday Celebration

By jodiem, posted on April 23rd, 2012.

[ April 28, 2012; 10:30 am to 5:00 pm. ] Point Pleasant, Ohio is the place to be on Saturday April 28 as this Clermont County village celebrates the birth anniversary of one of its favorite sons, U.S. Grant. The day kicks off at 10:30 with music and a flag ceremony and continues until 5:00 with food, music, and a special Ohio Civil War 150 [...]

Clyde: Wreath Ceremony and Open House

By cmccune, posted on January 31st, 2011.

[ July 22, 2011; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join the Clyde Heritage League for an open house at the Major General James B. McPherson Memoriam and Home. The day will include tours of the home, Wreath Ceremony at the Monument in McPherson Cemetery opposite the Home at noon and visits by living historians.   Guests include historian Don Miller portraying President U. S. Grant. [...]

Akron: “CW Music: A Vocal and Instrumental History Lesson”

By cmccune, posted on January 27th, 2011.

[ June 25, 2011; 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Join the Summit County Historical Society of Akron and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park as Bobby Horton presents “Authentic Civil War Music: A Vocal and Instrumental History Lesson.” Using vintage instruments, song and researched history, Mr. Horton will tell the story of the Civil War from the point of the North and South.

Details: Mr. [...]

Columbus: General Rosecrans Presents 150th Civil War Jubilee- An Evening of Remembrance

By cmccune, posted on January 20th, 2011.

[ February 12, 2011; 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Columbus: General Rosecrans Presents 150th Civil War Jubilee- An Evening of Remembrance
Step back in time to 1861 when the Statehouse was new and the Civil War was fast approaching.   Major General William Starke Rosecrans is inviting you to spend an elegant evening in remembrance of this part of history. this evening features living historians, the [...]

Mt. Vernon: “Spend an Evening With William Tecumseh Sherman” Chautauqua

By cmccune, posted on January 18th, 2011.

[ April 14, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Mt. Vernon: “Spend an Evening With William Tecumseh Sherman” Chautauqua

Join ELIXIR (Re-Inventing Americana) for their Chautauqua “Spend an Evening with……” series of living history performances. On the anniversary of exactly 150 years since Fort Sumter,   enjoy a performance by Mike Petee as William Tecumseh Sherman. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, [...]