Getting to Know Fort Ancient
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are 2000-year old ceremonial sites that were created by the ancestors of American Indians. Eight earthworks, including Fort Ancient and the Newark Earthworks, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2023 as masterpieces of human creative genius. In this program, we’ll learn about these special places and how they […]
Share Your Story Community Tapestry – An event that invites the community to reflect, connect, and create together.
Share Your Story Community Tapestry – An event that invites the community to reflect, connect, and create together. In celebration of America250 Arts, Culture & Literature, guests will be guided through a thoughtful storytelling experience, sharing personal memories and what the community means to them. During the event, participants will also take part in a […]
The Battle for the Ballot: Cleveland’s Suffragist Movement
This program will tell the story behind the Cleveland women who advocated for suffrage and went on to help establish the League of Women Voters. There is no complete record of the brave, often unnamed women who fought for their right to vote and finally triumphed in 1920. As part of the America250 celebration, learn […]
Annual Meeting & Program Minute Men, Green Mountain Boys & More: Worthington’s Revolutionary Legacy With Ted Dziemianowicz
Many Worthingtonians know that Scioto company members and town founders Abner Pinney, Israel Case, and William Thompson served in America’s struggle for independence, but did you know that two Minute Men, a member of the Green Mountain Boys, and a New Hampshire soldier who fought at Bunker Hill are also here? Ted Dziemianowicz has followed […]
How We Got Here: How National and Global Events got Tiffin and Seneca County to How it is Today presentation at the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library
Join us at the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library for How We Got Here, a look at how national and global events shaped Tiffin and Seneca County. Discover how the world’s biggest moments transformed our local streets, economy, and community into what they are today.
How America Has Celebrated Its Independence Through the Years
Come hear Chuck Spinner describe how the United States has commemorated its independence throughout its 250-year history. Light refreshments will be served.
Bay Village Historical Society: Transformation of Early Forests
Join Dave Robinson, Urban Forestry Manager, for an insightful discussion on the transformation of Ohio’s early forests. Discover more about these forests and how we have shaped them into their current state.
Bay Village Historical Society: Revolutionary War Weapons
John Harkness presents on the firearms and early weapons in the Americas and even weapons of the Revolutionary War.
America250 Lecture Series – Historic U.S. R.T. 6
Often thought of as simply a road to travel through, U.S. Route 6, known statewide and nationally as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a historic corridor that stretches across northern Ohio, from the Indiana border near Edgerton eastward through Williams, Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties to […]
Bay Village Historical Society: Remembering the War of 1812
Deb Marish of the Daughters of 1812 presents a brief history of the War of 1812 and its impact on our area and Lake Erie. The event is free to the public.