STATEHOUSE NEWS
Half-staff flags for Shinzo Abe
July 8, 2022
Ohio Statehouse flags at half-staff
In accordance with the orders issued by the President of the U.S. and the Governor of Ohio, and in remembrance of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on July 10, 2022.
 
 
 
Half-staff flags for Illinois victims
July 5, 2022
Ohio Statehouse flags at half-staff
In remembrance of the victims of the shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, the flags shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on July 9, 2022.
 
 
 
Memorial Day flags at half-staff until noon
May 27, 2022
Veterans Plaza at the Ohio Statehouse
In honor of Memorial Day, the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio from sunrise until noon on May 30, 2022.

The Ohio Statehouse will be closed for Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2022.
 
 
 
CSRAB announces June 2022 Board Meeting
May 25, 2022
(COLUMBUS, OH) — Members of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will meet Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus. The business meeting will be held in the State Room (room #108) and will begin at 10:00 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda is available upon request.

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Flags at half staff in remembrance of Uvalde victims
May 25, 2022
Half-staff flags in Ohio
In accordance with the order issued by the President and the Governor, and in remembrance of the victims of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the flags shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout the State of Ohio until sunset on May 28, 2022.
 
 
 
Commemorating the repose of President Lincoln
with 36-star flag display and Civil War encampment
April 14, 2022
Civil War Encampment
(Columbus, OH) –The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will commemorate the repose of President Abraham Lincoln in the Ohio Capitol on Friday, April 29. The day will begin with cannon firings on the Ohio Statehouse West Plaza starting at 10 a.m., and will include Civil War reenactors, a historic 36-star flag display, a replica coffin and honor guards throughout the day. The events are free and open to the public.

In conjunction with the repose of Lincoln, the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A will hold the 2022 Civil War Encampment at the Ohio Statehouse. Their historical reenactors, along with other partnering organizations, will demonstrate Civil War life and provide interactive experiences such as walking among soldiers’ tents and helping the Ladies Aid Society care for the troops. The festivities will also include music and games, and cannons will fire periodically from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the West Plaza of the Ohio Statehouse.

The 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery A Civil War reenactors will also provide an honor guard for the replica of Lincoln’s coffin from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m in the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda, the very site where the slain President lay in repose on April 29, 1865.
In the same site, CSRAB will display the 36-Star flag that flew over Capitol Square during President Lincoln's 1865 repose. The flag originally was presented to David Nevin Murray of Portsmouth, Ohio, for his contributions to the war effort on behalf of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Murray’s descendants, the Van Tilburg family, donated the historic flag to the Ohio History Connection.

On the day of President Lincoln’s 1865 repose, from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. an estimated 50,000 people paid their respects to the “Savior of the Union.” The train that carried the president’s body, referred to as the “Lincoln Funeral Train” traveled more than 1,600 miles, and during the 13-day trip, one third of the population of the United States witnessed the train pass through their community, including Columbus, Ohio.

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CSRAB announces April 2022 Board Meeting
April 14, 2022
State Room at the Ohio Statehouse
(COLUMBUS, OH) — Members of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board (CSRAB) will meet Thursday, April 21, 2022 at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus. The business meeting will be held in the State Room (Room 108) and will begin at 10:00 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda is available upon request.


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Ohio Statehouse flags fly at half-staff for Lt. Wigal
April 12, 2022
Half-staff flags at the Ohio Statehouse
In honor of the life and service of Town & Country Fire District Lieutenant Philip Wigal, the flags of the United States and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Wayne County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower today, and will remain until sunset on the day of his funeral, Friday, April 15, 2022.
 
 
 
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