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Jan 22, 2009
Harriet Beecher Stowe , born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Conneticut, was an author and abolitionist. Throughout her life, she wrote poems, biographical sketches, children&rsq ...
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Jan 22, 2009
James Grover Thurber , born on December 8, 1894 in Columbus Ohio, was a prolific cartoonist, author, humorist, and journalist. Thurber exhibited artistic inclination from an earl ...
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Jan 22, 2009
Wilbur and Orville Wright, born on April 16, 1867 (in Millville, Indiana) and on August 19, 1871 (in Dayton, Ohio), are considered the fathers of aviation. The sons of a Dayton ...
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Jan 22, 2009
Brigadier General Charles Young (Colonel Charles Young) was born March 12, 1864 in Mays Lick, Kentucky, to an enslaved family that escaped to Ripley, Ohio. His father served in ...
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Jan 15, 2009
Civil War re-enactors from 1st Ohio Statehouse Light Artillery, Battery A fire the 1864 cannons for educational events and ceremonies. The Ohio Statehouse joins the Abraham Lincol ...
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Jan 15, 2009
This bust is in the Ohio governor's office. Lincoln was in this room when he got word that the electoral votes for president had been counted in 1861. The Ohio Statehouse joins th ...
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Jan 15, 2009
Gary Kersey, Lincoln expert, will give free presentaions to the public on Feb. 12, 2009. The Ohio Statehouse joins the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in celebrating his 2 ...
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Jan 15, 2009
On his way to Washington, D.C., Lincoln gave a speech in the House of Representatives at the Ohio Statehouse on Feb. 13, 1861. The Ohio Statehouse joins the Abraham Lincoln Bicent ...
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Jan 15, 2009
The Ohio Statehouse joins the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in celebrating his 200th birthday. Check www.ohiostatehouse.org for a year-long list of celebrations. Photo c ...
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Jan 15, 2009
The Ohio Statehouse joins the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in celebrating his 200th birthday. Check www.ohiostatehouse.org for a year-long list of celebrations. Photo c ...
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