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It's Flag Day
15 Stars and Stripes 1795 design over Ft MeigsWe have Flag Day on June 14th because on that day in 1777 Congress adopted the original 13 Stars and Stripes US flag. However it wasn't until 1916 that it became officially proclaimed as such by Woodrow W...
Posted: 6/14/2013 10:09 PM in Gehio
History preserves Poppe’s bravery
Member of Cincinnati Police Department was a hero By John Johnston jjohnston@enquirer.com John A. Poppe just might have been the bravest man ever to wear a Cincinnati police uniform. When he retired 100 years ago, fellow officers held him in such high...
Posted: 6/12/2013 7:38 AM in Our History
Book details history of Crosley car
DID YOU KNOW? By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquier.com When Michael Banks was growing up in Milford in the 1950s, it seemed like the name Powel Crosley Jr. was everywhere. “My parents had a big console Crosley radio, listened to Crosley shows,” Banks said. “I...
Posted: 6/10/2013 7:29 AM in Our History
100 years later, Formica still a household name
Brand is synonymous with laminate tables and countertops DID YOU KNOW? By Jeff Suess jsuess@enquirer.com Formica Corp., known the world over for its laminate tables and kitchen countertops, went into business 100 years ago this month. Not always remembered...
Posted: 6/7/2013 9:28 AM in Our History
Going Underground on Hamilton Avenue
Dr. John Witherspoon ScottUnderground Railroad signOn what appears to be just another struggling storefront in Midwest America at the corner of Compton & Hamilton Ave in Mt. Healthy, is a small wooden sign announcing "a stop on the Underground Railro...
Posted: 6/5/2013 4:22 PM in Gehio
Children’s Home began as orphanage
Origins trace to 1848 and $62.50 in funds By Sara Gadzala FORT MITCHELL — In 1848 a group of German laymen with $62.50 in start-up capital convened to discuss the growing number of Catholic orphans in Kenton County. Known as the St. John’s Orphan Society,...
Posted: 6/5/2013 7:00 AM in Our History
Project Moonwatch transformed Cleves observatory
By Kurt Backscheider CLEVES — Dennis Smith said the late 1950s were a scary time in America. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were high, and new political, military, technological and scientific developments were added to the mix...
Posted: 6/4/2013 7:00 AM in Our History
Recalling Seckatary Hawkins
The Seckatary Hawkins Club is holding it’s second National Meeting on June 15 at the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park, Covington. The “clever little fat boy,” a popular character around the country with books, fan clubs and a radio show in the...
Posted: 6/3/2013 4:04 PM in Our History
West of Chester OH
School District No. 9 Schoolhouse, built in 1900I lived in West Chester OH, a large suburb north of Cincinnati from 1978-1986 as an awkward teenager with limited social skills. Times have changed. West Chester has grown quite a bit and I am now an aw...
Posted: 5/17/2013 4:24 PM in Gehio
Road to radio began on mound
Famous Reds voice Hoyt left majors 75 years ago By Mike Dyer mdyer@enquirer.com Hall of Fame pitcher and former Reds broadcaster Waite Hoyt made his final Major League playing appearance 75 years ago this week. Hoyt, who was the ace of the 1927 New York...
Posted: 5/16/2013 3:00 PM in Our History
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