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Remembering the true meaning of Memorial Day
OHIO — This Memorial Day, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. President Biden continued the tradition of visiting Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Memorial Day may mark the unofficial start of summer, with the warmer weather summoning big crowds for beach parties and […]
Ohioans reminded to report cemetery maintenance issues found on Memorial Day
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio Department of Commerce is reminding people to report any maintenance issues found during Memorial Day events. With many Ohioans observing the May 27 holiday by visiting the gravesites of fallen heroes and honoring their sacrifice, the department’s Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing encouraged individuals to help keep […]
Golfers want millions to give up a World Heritage Site in Ohio with ancient Indigenous ties
NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s historical society is one step away from gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks maintained by a country club where members golf alongside the mounds. A trial was slated to begin Tuesday to determine how much the historical society must pay for the site, which is among eight ancient areas in the Hopewell Earthworks system named a World Heritage Site last year. Built between 2,000 and 1,600 years ago by people from the Hopewell Culture, the earthworks were host to ceremonies that drew people from across the continent, based on archeological discoveries of raw materials from as far west as the Rocky Mountains. The Ohio History Connection, which owns the 2,000-year-old Octagon Earthworks in Newark in central Ohio, won a state Supreme Court decision a year and a half ago allowing it to reclaim a lease held by the Moundbuilders Country Club so that it can turn the site into a public park.
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