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Exhibits about the history of slavery and opponents including John Brown and President Abraham Lincoln; and the American Civil War that ended it. The Struggle Continues, an exhibit portrays continuing challenges faced by African Americans since the end of slavery, struggles for freedom in today's world, and ways that the Underground Railroad ...
1841 period house with exhibits on the Underground Railroad and American Civil War [116] Huber Machinery Museum Marion Marion Northwest Agriculture Located on the Marion County Fairgrounds, includes steam and gasoline tractors, threshers and road-building equipment [117] Huffman Prairie Flying Field: Fairborn: Greene Southwest Aviation
The Black Brigade of Cincinnati was the first organization of African Americans to be used for military purposes by the North during the American Civil War. [ 7 ] [ 5 ] In 2012, a resolution was passed within the U.S. Senate recognizing members of Cincinnati Black Brigade as veterans.
An exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Museums not only collect and preserve historic and cultural material, their basic purpose is educational or aesthetic. The first African American museum was the College Museum in Hampton, Virginia, established in 1868. [2] Prior to 1950, there were about 30 museums ...
The James A. Ramage Civil War Museum was an American Civil War museum in Fort Wright, Kentucky, United States which focused to tell the untold story of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Northern Kentucky's involvement in the Civil War. Although no battles occurred there, the people of the area resisted a push by the Confederate army in 1862.
Mowery, David L., Cincinnati in the Civil War: The Union's Queen City. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2021. Riesenberg, Michael. "Cincinnati's Civil War Resources: Preparing for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War." Ohio Valley History 10#4 (2010): 46–65. Simms, Henry Harrison. Ohio Politics on the Eve of ...
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: Central Business District Hall of fame - Sports Cincinnati Triple Steam Museum: California, OH Greater Cincinnati Water Works Steam Engines Displays four of the world's largest crank and flywheel water pumping steam engines used between 1906 and 1963. Cincinnati Type & Print Museum: Lower Price Hill History
The museum center opened with the largest display of robotic dinosaurs, the largest World War II commemorative exhibit, and one of fourteen Omnimax theaters in the United States. Museum center officials were unsure if people would travel to the new museums as predicted, though the center became the fourth-largest attraction in the area, behind ...