For the Benefit of the Soldiers: The United States Sanitary Commission
The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a civilian organization established in New York in April 1861, with the goal of aiding …
100 Years Later: Remembering Ohio’s World War I Contributions
In 2017, the Ohio History Connection embarked on a two-year digitization project titled Little Stories of the Great War: Ohioans in World …
The Ohio Centennial Exposition
Happy Statehood Day! Each year, Ohioans celebrate the date of the Ohio General Assembly’s first meeting on March 1, 1803. (Ohio actually …
“Special and Moving Cause to Be Grateful”: Thanksgiving 1918
The United States officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917. U.S. Navy ships reached Europe on April 9, and the …
A Look Back at World War I on Ohio Memory
Sunday, November 11, is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the “War to End All Wars.” Approximately 40 million …
Penalty and Incentive: The Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory – also known as the Mansfield Reformatory – opened its doors on September 15, 1886. As the name …
Faces in the Book: A Bridge Between the U.S. and Italy
To commemorate the Armistice Day Centennial as well as a battle that took place 100 years ago this month, the Museo della …
Ohio’s “Minute Men”: Squirrel Hunters and the Defense of Cincinnati
Ohioans are familiar with many of the most notable battles of the Civil War–we have learned about Gettysburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and more …
A Nation Weeps: The Death of Ulysses S. Grant
Monday, July 23, marks the anniversary of the death of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, 18th President of the United States, …
The End and the Beginning of an Age: American Children in World War I
For American children in World War I, life on a home front far from battle did not mean life lived far from …
