Local History

Not Your Average History Camp

While many summer camps and children’s programs were shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, one local museum embraced the challenge and quickly adapted to ...

Museums Answer the Call

As a museum educator and all-around nerd for museums, I’m happy to report museums across the country are answering the call for digital outreach to students of...

Parkersburg Turns 200

Parkersburg Celebrates 200th Birthday 200 years ago today, the city of Parkersburg was incorporated in the state of Virginia. Now West Virginia’s fourth-lar...

Deck the (Henderson) Hall

In terms of places rich in American history, many of us may think of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello or George Washington’s Mount Vernon. There is, however, anot...

Nearly Annihilated

The Story of the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg Our regiment had seventeen color-bearers killed or wounded during the war. Seven o...
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