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Exhibit at the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, OHS photo
Site Feature
CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN
CULTURE IN AMERICA

Nowhere was the line between slave states and free states as clearly defined as it was in
Ohio. Slaves knew that crossing the Ohio River put them closer to freedom - so did the
bounty hunters who were hired to stop them. It's not a surprise that the location chosen
for the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center was Wilberforce,
Ohio, because the state played a major role in the Underground Railroad and the town
of Wilberforce was settled by abolitionists who helped thousands of slaves escape
to Canada. More…

FEATURED EXHIBITS
From Victory To Freedom: Afro-American Life in the Fifties
Quilting African American Women’s History: Our Challenges, Creativity, and Champions

Photo of a portion of the Rockwell's America exhibit with public, Becker Group photo
ROCKWELL'S AMERICA
A Big Exhibit With a Small Town Feel

Rockwell's America, the largest Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post interactive
exhibit ever created, isn’t your typical museum exhibit and it's coming to the Ohio
Historical Center Nov. 1. More…

Event Feature, HALLOWEEN TREATS, Spirited Halloween fun can be had at OHS sites across the state, including Fort Meigs, Harding Home, Ohio Village and Wahkeena Nature Preserve. More…http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/enews/1008c.html, OHS photo Event Feature
HALLOWEEN TREATS
Spirited Halloween
fun can be had at OHS
sites across the state,
including Fort Meigs,
Harding Home, Ohio
Village and Wahkeena
Nature Preserve. More… 		Event Feature, HALLOWEEN TREATS, Spirited Halloween fun can be had at OHS sites across the state, including Fort Meigs, Harding Home, Ohio Village and Wahkeena Nature Preserve. More…http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/enews/1008c.html, OHS photo Event Feature This Month in Ohio History
OCTOBER
Learn interesting facts
and trivia about the
month of October in
Ohio history. More… 		Event Feature, HALLOWEEN TREATS, Spirited Halloween fun can be had at OHS sites across the state, including Fort Meigs, Harding Home, Ohio Village and Wahkeena Nature Preserve. More…http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/enews/1008c.html, OHS photo Special Observances
FAMILY HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND ARCHIVES
Special observances in
October include
Archaeology Month,
Family History
Month and Archives
Month, all rolled into
the same 31 days. More… 		Event Feature, HALLOWEEN TREATS, Spirited Halloween fun can be had at OHS sites across the state, including Fort Meigs, Harding Home, Ohio Village and Wahkeena Nature Preserve. More…http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/enews/1008c.html, OHS photo Event Feature Travel Ohio
BRILLIANT AUTUMN
If you want to escape
city life and enjoy nature,
the Ohio Historical
Society has several sites
you should consider
visiting. More…
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