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Veterans Memorial Auditorium may refer to: Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Des Moines, Iowa), previous home arena of the Iowa Barnstormers; Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Columbus, Ohio) Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Providence, Rhode Island)
Franklin County Memorial Hall, also known simply as Memorial Hall, is an office building, multi-use facility, and memorial for war dead in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building is best-known today as the headquarters of Franklin County Public Health.
The former Franklin County Veterans Memorial in 2005. The current museum occupies the same location. The site along the west side of the Scioto River near the Discovery Bridge on Broad Street was originally home to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, [3] which originally opened in 1955 [4] and was demolished to make way for the museum in early 2015, [5] by S.G. Loewendick & Sons. [6]
Communities in and around Columbus are holding ceremonies Friday in observance of Veterans Day. The city's parade will begin Thursday at noon.
The statue was originally installed in 2012 outside the Franklin County Veterans Memorial auditorium, the venue of the 1970 Mr. World competition, where the 23 year old Schwarzenegger defeated the reigning world champion Sergio Oliva. [2]
In the 1960s, as downtown theaters struggled with rising maintenance costs, changing audience tastes, and competing against each other and the newer high-capacity Franklin County Veterans Memorial auditorium. The Hartman Theater closed in 1969, about the same time that the neighboring Grand and Ohio theaters closed.
The longest-serving music director was Evan Whallon, who led the orchestra for 26 seasons, from 1956 to 1982. From 1956 to 1970 the orchestra performed concerts at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The Ohio Theatre has been the orchestra's home since 1970. The former movie theater was saved from demolition and renovated largely ...
The 1981 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on October 10, 1981, at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus, Ohio.Following the 1980 Mr. Olympia political controversy, a number of favored bodybuilders boycotted the event, including Frank Zane, Mike Mentzer, and Boyer Coe. [1]