Event brings history to life, organizer explains
Mansfield News Journal
MANSFIELD - The history lessons about the horrors of battle on display at this year s Ohio Civil War Show are ones the event s co-manager touts as a good reminder for those engulfed in the modern political climate. In today s world where they re taking monuments down and trying to forget our history, people need to see this, Teresa Drushel said. Especially the Civil War where it was brother against brother.
Her father, Don Williams, created the event at the Richland County Fairgrounds more than four decades years ago. Last year s show was canceled because of the COVID pandemic.
Columbus’ Hilltop neighborhood: a rich history
The history of the Hilltop neighborhood on the west side of Columbus is a rich one but can be overlooked by recent violence and poverty plaguing the area. Author: Molly Brewer Updated: 5:57 PM EST February 26, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio The history of the Hilltop neighborhood on the west side of Columbus is a rich one but can be overlooked by recent violence and poverty plaguing the area.
The greater Hilltop neighborhood was segregated for years, made up of smaller communities within the area.
10TV spoke with several people who grew up in the Hilltop’s Black community about what they remember from a different time and what they would like to see in the future.
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Ohio played an important role in Union efforts during the Civil War. Over 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army and over 35,000 died during the war.
While no major battles were ever fought in the state, Ohio was home to many military sites. In Central Ohio, Camp Chase is perhaps best known because it contained a prison camp for Confederate soldiers and a cemetery that can be seen today on the city’s west side.
But Columbus was home to another Union army camp as well. This led one resident to write into WOSU’s Curious Cbus to ask, Where was Camp Thomas?
At 140 years, Grove City-based E.E. Ward is nation s oldest continuously operating Black-owned business
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A moving company plays a vital role for businesses and families, helping them as they move into a new location or a new phase of their lives.
In central Ohio, one such company, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co., has carried that load for 14 decades – and its origins can be traced to one of its founders work in profoundly transforming people s lives.
John T. Ward served as a conductor in Ohio s Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape from bondage to freedom.
Now the company he started in 1881 with his son, William Ward, is marking its 140th anniversary.
The following story contains a description of a sexual assault and may be upsetting for readers.
Feeling better as she recovered from the difficult birth of her daughter, the West Side woman decided to take the 6-month-old girl for a late afternoon walk on the nearby Camp Chase Trail.
She was pushing the stroller on the path when she was confronted by a 16-year-old boy, armed with a handgun, who stole her cellphone and fled. Minutes later, he returned, forcing the 35-year-old woman off the path and raping her at gunpoint. I could potentially comprehend the motives behind a robbery, even though I had to console my daughter’s cries while he put a gun to my head, the victim said Thursday in a Franklin County Common Pleas courtroom. But she called it unconscionable that the robber would return to rape her while her daughter screamed for her and cried when I couldn’t respond.