America 250 Blog Archives - Ohio History Connection

October 31, 2025

America-250 and the Legacy of Preservation: Honoring Revolutionary Graves in Ohio

America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project As we approach the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026, America 250-Ohio and the Ohio History Connection invite you to take part in an inspiring statewide initiative: The Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project. In collaboration with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office, Terracon Consultants, Inc., […]

October 17, 2025

Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: Walter Newman

October 8, 2025

On the Search for Madison County’s Revolutionary War Veterans A Case Study: Baskerville Farm Cemetery and Three Patriots

September 5, 2025

Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: James Mitchell Varnum

July 25, 2025

Mapping Memory: Explore the Ohio’s Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project

America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project Ohioans now have a powerful, interactive way to connect with the Ohio Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project through the Interactive Live Results Dashboard. Developed by the Ohio History Connection in partnership with America 250-Ohio, the dashboard is part of a sweeping, citizen-powered effort to document […]

July 11, 2025

Revolutionary Ties: Are you related to a Revolutionary War veteran?

America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project Are you related to a Revolutionary War veteran? Read on to learn tips & techniques that may help you find out! By Marie Swartz, Digital Platform Administrator for the Ohio Revolutionary War Veteran Graves Project & Archaeologist at the Ohio History Connection I’ve been chipping away […]

June 27, 2025

Ask the Experts: Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project Q&A

America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project As the America 250-Ohio Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project is now well underway, we've been receiving a lot of great questions about the project. Today, we're sitting down with Krista Horrocks, Project Manager, historian and cemetery preservationist with the Ohio History Connection and Joseph Snider, archaeological […]

June 13, 2025

Finding Revolutionary War Veterans in Ohio

America 250-Ohio Presents the Revolutionary War Graves Identification Project The Live Results Map, showing real time progress is now available on our website or by visiting this link. Be sure to check out our Project Dashboard to see how many grave markers and cemeteries Public Researchers across Ohio have collected - at the time of […]

November 25, 2024

Intern Spotlight: Jessica Hammond, Archaeology

Intern Spotlight: Jessica Hammond, Archaeology This fall, we were lucky to have intern, Jessica Hammond, join us for a special project for one of our sites, Fort Laurens. We hope you enjoy hearing about her project! This autumn, I journeyed into the world of archaeological collections through an internship with the Ohio History Connection. From […]

September 5, 2023

Yes! There will be America 250-Ohio painted barns!

We have our first America 250-Ohio barn on U.S. Route 250! Learn more about how it came to be.