[ July 25, 2011 9:30 am to July 29, 2011 4:00 pm. ]  

Do you want to learn about the Civil War and have a blast doing it? Journey with us through time as we travel from the Civil War homefront to the battle front and everything in between–and all before dinner! Discover things you never knew about the  blues and the grays. Twitter? Imagine waiting at home and [...]

[ August 6, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 13, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 20, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. August 27, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 3, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 10, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 17, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. September 24, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. ] Prior to the Civil War, as many as 3,ooo African Americans passed through or lived in Oberlin after escaping from slavery. The town was once said to be second only to Canada as an asylum for freedom seekers. This guided neighbourhood history walk is about the historic decisions that shaped Oberlin’s growth as a station [...]

[ June 4, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 11, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 18, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. June 25, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 2, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 9, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 16, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 23, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. July 30, 2011; 11:00 am to 12:15 pm. ] This year 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, one of the defining moments in the history of the United States. Oberlin men enlisted in over 30 regiments, white and black, from infantry to cavalry and participated in such battles as Kesler’s Cross Lanes, Cedar Mountain, New Market Heights, and [...]

[ March 31, 2011; 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. April 8, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. April 9, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Experience the Underground Railroad as an escaping slave at the French Creek Nature Center at the French Creek Reservation in Sheffield Village. The program is recommended for ages 8 years and up, and it takes place outside and on uneven ground.

Details: Pre-register for a timeslot: 6 pm, 7 pm, 8 pm, or 9 pm.

Sponsor: French [...]

[ July 13, 2011; 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join the Oberlin Heritage Center at Kendal at Oberlin’s Heiser Auditorium for the rescheduled presentation of “A Life Recorded One Day at a Time: Fannie Bailey, Oberlin, and the Civil War,” on Wednesday, July 13th at 7:15 pm. Fannie White Bailey kept a journal while living with her husband James in Oberlin in the 1850s [...]