Category: America 250 Blog

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May 21, 2026

Road Trippin’ with Truda: Paul Laurence Dunbar House

Join our membership manager, Truda Shinker, as she visits the sites in the Ohio History Connection network! This month's trip took her to the Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton. Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of America's greatest poets, spent almost his entire life in Ohio. He published hundreds of poems, as well as novels, short […]
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January 16, 2026

Looking for a Revolutionary War Veteran’s Gravesite: Ask a Farmer

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., […]
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December 22, 2025

Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: Abraham Moore

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., […]
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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., […]
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October 17, 2025

Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: Walter Newman

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., […]
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October 8, 2025

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

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., […]
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September 5, 2025

Revolutionary War Veteran Spotlight: James Mitchell Varnum

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., […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]