Tag: Freedom Township Historical Society
Freedom Twp Historical Society concludes their Bicentennial year
Freedom Township Historical Society recently concluded their bicentennial year activities by placing Christmas wreaths on the graves of three American Revolutionary War soldiers who are buried at Drakesburg Cemetery on Nichols Rd. in Freedom Township. The wreaths were provided by the Old Northwest - Aaron Olmstead chaper of the...
Freedom Twp Historical Society Veterans Open House
Freedom Township Historical Society will hold an OPEN HOUSE this coming Saturday November 15 from 11 AM - 3PM to showcase our VETERANS display and powerpoint program listing veterans from Freedom Township. This includes veterans from the American Revolutionary War through the present.
We have at least 100 short...
Freedom Township Historical Society News
Freedom Township Historical Society is busily preparing for a Freedom veterans display at our November 11 meeting/program. We are asking you and/or any veteran from Freedom to submit a short biography and picture if possible of your military service for display at our November program. The picture could be...
Celebrate Freedom Township’s Bicentennial at Sept. 27 Fall Festival
There may be 200 ways to celebrate this 200-year milestone. In northwest Portage County, the Freedom Community Park Boosters and the Freedom Township Historical Society are joining forces to host an old-fashioned Freedom Township Fall Festival including a pumpkin sale, a car show and craft/vendor show for all. The...
Eleanor Roosevelt – Part II
Freedom Township Historical Society, Mantua Historical Society and Shalersville Historical Society are pleased to present Part 2 of the Eleanor Roosevelt program by Susan Cannavino of Presentations with Pizzazz. This program will be presented at 7 PM on Tuesday. June 10 at the Shalersville Town Hall located at the...
Eleanor Roosevelt – A Whole New Light
Freedom Township Historical Society combined with Mantua Historical Society & Shalersville Historical Society is proud to present Susan Cannovino's program entitled Eleanor Roosevelt: A Whole New Light. This will be a 2 part series. Part 1 on TUESDAY, MAY 13 focuses on her relationship with her parents, her unhappy...
Roll Up Your Sleeves: Work Party to Sort Freedom Township Treasures
Freedom Township Historical Society's first program of 2024 will be a work program held at the Drakesburg School, 7276 St Rt 303 on Tuesday April 9 at 7 PM. The "work" will consist of sorting and organizing old newspaper wedding photos, newspaper articles about our churches and Freedom Center,...
Robert Kroeger’s Works at Auction to Benefit Historical Societies
Although artist Robert Kroeger lives in Cincinnati, he’s no stranger to the Mantua area, as he’s made several trips here to document local structures in oil. The artist is on a mission to create impasto oil paintings of historic barns before the structures succumb to time. He also meets...
Back To Speak On River History
Shalersville - Speaker Dan Back, a nationally known expert on river history, steamboats & canals will be speaking on Thursday, August 11 at 7 pm at the Shalersville Town Hall. Back developed the “Life on the Ohio” River History Museum in Vevay, Indiana and appeared in the Public Television...
