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 …
A Little New Year’s Reading
As we celebrate the first days of 2015, we hope all of our Ohio Memory visitors and readers have had a restful …
Coming Home
Occasionally, institutions like the ones who bring you Ohio Memory will find items in their collections that just don’t quite fit. They’re …
How Do You Like Them Apples?
Here in Ohio, apples are a quintessential part of autumn. Ohio apples come in different shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors; some are …
Are You Ready For Some Football?
Do you hear that? In cities and towns and villages across Ohio, folks are dusting off the pigskin and heading out to …
“An Expression of Cleveland’s Genius”
One hundred years ago, the first director of the newly-created Cleveland Museum of Art conceived of an idea that would become an …
Remembering the Kennedy Assassination
November 22 is a date that looms large in the memories of Ohioans, Americans and the world–it was on this day 50 …
Happy Halloween from the Kokoon Club!
Just over 100 years ago, a group of Cleveland artists founded a unique group known as the Kokoon Arts Club, in the …
“The Affair at Harper’s Ferry”
In the middle of the night on October 16, 1859, twenty-one men led by militant abolitionist John Brown made their way …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Thurber!
Tomorrow, December 8th, is the birthday of one of Columbus’s most famous native sons–humorist, illustrator and author James Thurber. In the preface …
