February 28, 2013 | ohiohistory.org

Photo of the 1827 Meeting House at Whitewater Shaker Village. A History Fund grant to build ADA-compliant restrooms will enable the village, the last intact Shaker site in Ohio, to open to the public.

Your Tax Refund Can Make History

Eleven Organizations Receive
First-Ever History Fund Grants

Your Tax Refund Can Make History. That’s the message that prompted 17,391 Ohioans to contribute a portion of their 2011 state income tax refund to the Ohio Historical Society last year, making $114,000 available for a new competitive matching grants program that helps fund projects by local historical societies and related organizations throughout the state.

During Ohio’s annual Statehood Day observance at the Statehouse in Columbus yesterday, 11 recipients of History Fund Grants made possible by last year’s contributions were announced. More...

Photo of veterans raising the flag at ‘The Wall That Heals.’

Vietnam Veterans Commemoration

Center Hosts
The Wall That Heals

Major events are planned at the Statehouse and the Ohio History Center in Columbus March 26-29 marking Ohio’s first state-level commemoration of Vietnam Veterans Day, which became a reality when Gov. John Kasich signed Senate Bill 134 into law in 2012.

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Photo of the dining room of the American House Hotel in Ohio Village, our recreated 19th-century community in Columbus, taken during ‘From the Pubs of Ireland.’

At the Center

March Preview

Cabin fever, spring fever or disco fever, we’ve got the cure. Check out these upcoming events at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. More...

Way Back Wednesdays

DISCOver the 1970s

The ‘70s come alive for the 21+ crowd when the Ohio Historical Society’s Way Back Wednesdays series presents DISCOver the 1970s on March 20 from 6-9 p.m. at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. More...

Photo of Ohio Historical Society Building Doctor Mariangela Pfister at an on-site consultation. Photo by Genevieve Pfister 2012.

The Building Doctor

Celebrating 35 Years of
Old-Building TLC

Since 1979, our old-building experts, the Building Doctors, have been helping owners of all kinds of old buildings with practical, common-sense advice on maintenance and repair, through Building Doctor Clinics held in communities across Ohio, now entering their 35^th season. More...

Featured Events

With Three
You Get Egg Roll

Three hard-boiled colored eggs admit kids ages 3-10 to the Egg Roll on the lawn of 19^th president Rutherford B. Hayes (father of the annual White House event) in Fremont on March 30 – just one of dozens of events at Ohio Historical Society sites and related venues in coming weeks. More...