STATEHOUSE CALENDAR

The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board will commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the repose of President Abraham Lincoln in the Ohio Capitol Wednesday, April 29, 2015. The 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A, a group of Civil War re-enactors, will provide an honor guard for a replica of Lincoln’s casket from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.  This will take place on the site where the slain President lay in state in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda on April 29, 1865. 

A special exhibit of images from the Library of Congress will be on view in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda on Lincoln’s assassination and the men and women named as conspirators along with their fate.  This exhibit is for mature audiences. This program is supported by the 1^st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A

April 29, 2015 events will also include:

Civil War Encampment  9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Changing of of the Guard 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lincoln Presentation by National Park Service 6 p.m.

The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

Exhibit

A special exhibit of reproduction images from the Library of Congress tells the story of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the men and woman named as conspirators along with their fate. This exhibit is for mature audiences.