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June 17, 2025

Fort Meigs After Dark Lantern Tour

Join us for a military tour of Fort Meigs which focuses on the activities of the early American Army after sundown along the Ohio frontier. Guards, spies, watchwords and the overnight bombardment of the fort are discussed. Guided by immersive candlelight, the audience will meet a guard detail demonstrating their maneuvers and weapons, the field […]

June 17, 2025

Independence Day—1813

Join us for a unique and authentic way to celebrate the nation's birthday. This event is a historic 18-gun artillery salute to celebrate Independence Day. Fort Meigs recreates the ceremony undertaken by the soldiers of the War of 1812. On July 4, 1813, there were 18 toasts given by the officers, 18 songs played by […]

June 16, 2025

Calling All Spirits: Spiritualism in the Victorian Era

Learn about the uncanny world of 19th-century American Spiritualism in this special event in the historic Hayes Home. More than an occult parlor game, this was a new religion which channeled the voices of the dead, linked the present with the past and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. This program will cover everything from […]

June 16, 2025

Voices for Truth: Escapism or Activism?

Gothic authors have often used what can be an escapist genre for insightful social criticism. Get into the Halloween spirit by listening to the voices for truth in short stories by three very different authors of American Gothic tales. Co-leaders: Dr. John Getz, Professor Emeritus, Xavier University, and Dr. Kristen Renzi, Professor of English, Xavier […]

June 16, 2025

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Sage of Concord

Phil Paradis's one-man show, Evening with Stephen Crane, received raves at Manhattan Repertory Theatre and The Stephen Crane House, at Asbury Park, New Jersey. His Footprints of the Polar Bear & Other Eco-Centric Plays (five one-acts about climate change) had a successful two-week run at American Theatre of Actors in New York. Dr. Paradis served […]

June 16, 2025

Book Talk: “Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries”

First, it was a special exhibit at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums on Ohio folklore, Legends and Cryptid Creatures. Now, it’s a book that builds on the exhibit and takes an in-depth look at these fascinating stories that have been told and retold for generations. “Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends and […]

June 16, 2025

Boo! On the Moon

Grab your costumes and candy bags, the Armstrong Air & Space Museum will be hosting our annual "Boo! On the Moon" Halloween event! Experience the museum in a whole new way with our space galleries adorned with a wide array of ghastly props and eerie decor. As our younger visitors walk through the galleries, staff […]

June 13, 2025

Deaf Day

Tours will be ASL Interpreted all day at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m., & 3 p.m. Visitors will encounter the history this house witnessed in two different time periods 100 years apart: 1840 when abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe lived in Cincinnati as a young teacher and mother preparing to […]

June 11, 2025

The General Speaks: West Point to Jefferson Barracks

Free tours at Grant Homestead & School from 10 a.m.–Noon (Also visit 4 Grant murals and 2 Grant statues, and grab some lunch!) “The General Speaks” from 1–3 p.m. Gaslight Theater, 110 E. State Street, Georgetown, OH 45121 Topic: “West Point to Jefferson Barracks” and Q&A Presented by Dr. Curt Fields as General Ulysses […]

June 10, 2025

Reading from the President’s Library Book Club

Read books by some of President Rutherford B. Hayes’ favorite authors and novels with modern interpretations of those stories with the Reading from the President’s Library Book Club. This book club is a partnership between the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums and Birchard Public Library in Fremont, and is taking place in conjunction with Hayes […]