Members Represent Statewide Effort To Ensure Successful Commemoration Effort
(COLUMBUS, OHIO)-In response to Gov. Ted Strickland’s directive to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War in Ohio (2011-2015), the Ohio Historical Society has appointed 15 Ohioans to the Civil War 150 Advisory Committee, announced Jim Strider, acting executive director.
Made up of individuals from around the state, [...]

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.