Genoa Town Hall gets Ohio historical marker Published by keng@presspubli. on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 3:40pm
Genoa s 135-year-old town hall was officially designated with the unveiling of a special marker from the Ohio History Connection. The event took place last Thursday evening at the beginning of the annual Genoa Homecoming. The new marker from the Ohio History Connection was made possible through the sponsorship of the Village of Genoa, the Genoa Historical Society and the William Pomeroy Foundation, which provides grants for 10 Ohio historical sites per year. Pictured at left, Genoa Village Administrator Kevin Gladden and Genoa Mayor Tom Bergman unveil the marker. (Press photo by Ken Grosjean)
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CLAREMONT â A new historical marker in downtown Claremont preserves a near-bicentennial visit while illustrating the opportunities for unity even during politically contentious times, according to local officials.
Twenty-six individuals gathered on Monday morning in Opera House Square for the unveiling of a new historical marker commemorating the visit to Claremont by Marquis de Lafayette, the celebrated French general who fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British in the American Revolution, on Monday, June 27, 1825. Lafayette visited Claremont, along with several other New Hampshire and Vermont towns, during his 13-month âFarewell Tourâ of 25 states between 1824 and 1825.
The marker is the third of its kind in New Hampshire, with two markers already placed in Newport and Cornish, according to Julien P. Icher, founder of the non-profit organization The Lafayette Trail Project, who is working on creating a trail of all the stops th