Toys in Wartime
In December 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the U.S. into World War II and brought the need for sacrifice to …
Sister Blandina and the Santa Maria Institute
August 22, 1897. “Sister,” said Mother Mary Blanche, one day while several Sisters were standing around waiting an opportunity to consult her, …
The Captivity Narrative of John McCullough
Captivity narratives, especially those related to Europeans and Americans captured by American Indians, have been popular in this country since the 17th …
Charles Engle, 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
The Civil War was fought by Americans from across the existing states, as well as recent immigrants to the country, doing their …
Ohio Goes West: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
August 1914 marked the opening of the Panama Canal, an engineering feat that halved shipping time between America’s coasts. In 1915, the …
“The Red Crosser”: Mary Gladwin in World War I
We have new and exciting items in the World War I in Ohio Collection on Ohio Memory! Through Little Stories of the …
Intrinsically Bound: The United States Marine Corps
On November 10, 1775, the following resolution was proposed by John Adams, future President of the United States, and carried by the …
From Deutschland to Ohio: German-American Newspapers
Since 2012, the Ohio History Connection has digitized nearly 15,000 pages from two of Ohio’s German-American newspapers: the Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt (“People’s …
A Life and Character Peculiarly Distinguished: Deborah Sampson in the Revolutionary War
In the United States, many of us grow up learning about the heroes of the Revolutionary War, including such names as George …
A Great Moral Curiosity!
On today’s date, October 20th, in 1848, a Shaker Family Concert took place in Fairfield County, Ohio, that promised quite the spectacle. …
