Ohio Artist Archibald Willard and the “Spirit of ’76”
Learn more about Archibald Willard, the Ohio artist who painted "Spirit of '76" to celebrate our nation's 100th birthday.
2. Because we have a passionately dedicated staff of three curators and one curator emerita who, along with a faithful corps of volunteers, takes care of our fabulous collection of artifacts, works with our site partners to protect and interpret our sites, conducts occasional fieldwork at OHS sites around the state, and reaches out to the public with exhibits, books, newspaper articles, and lectures, but still finds time to indulge in this shameless self promotion.