Ohio Memory Madness 2015: The Wright Brothers and the First Flight Photograph
On Thursday, December 17, 1903, at 10:35 a.m., Orville Wright succeeded in making the world’s first powered, controlled, sustained flight in a …
Ohio Memory Madness 2015!
It’s that time of year again–time for our third annual Ohio Memory Madness contest! Like in years past, Ohio Memory staff …
State Symbols of Ohio
Did you hear? Efforts are in the works to declare “Hang On Sloopy” Ohio’s official rock song! The song has long been …
Martha Kinney Cooper and the Ohioana Library
Located in Columbus and housed in the same building as the State Library of Ohio, the Ohioana Library “is dedicated to collecting, …
Moments From Ohio Memory
Each year, we in the United States set aside February as Black History Month (incidentally, Canada observes Black History Month in February, …
Daniel A. Payne: A Ministry of Education
This upcoming Tuesday, February 24, is the birthday of a remarkable figure in Ohio’s history. It was on this date in 1811 …
“A Free, Happy and Prosperous People”
On February 6, 1820, the first organized group of African Americans migrated from the United States to present-day Liberia, due largely to …
A Mid-Winter Getaway
Ohio, like a large swath of the United States, has been hit with a real wave of winter weather this past week, …
Ohio’s Bicentennial Barns
If you’ve driven anywhere in Ohio, you’ve probably seen them. Most are white or red, and a couple structures are unpainted. They …
A National Day of Service
This Monday, January 19th, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday authorized in 1983. Dr. King is remembered as a …
