by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 8, 2025 | Civil Rights in the 20th Century, History Highlights
On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four. In the days that followed, college towns across the United States and especially in Ohio were on edge. They worried that...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Jan 8, 2025 | History Highlights
(This document, including signatures, is held by the Oberlin College Archives) Covenant of the Oberlin Colony (1833) Lamenting the degeneracy of the church and the deplorable condition of our perishing world, and ardently desirous of bringing both under the entire...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
The Squirrel Hunters: Citizen Soldiers and the Defense of Ohio in the Civil War By Richard Donegan-AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leader 2012 at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – In late summer of 1862 two Confederate forces, one under General Robert E. Lee and the...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
The 7th OVI at The Battle of Kernstown—March, 1862 By Richard Donegan AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leadership Volunteer 2012 at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – As 1862 began, President Lincoln urged his Generals to advance against the forces of the Confederacy...
by communications@oberlinheritage.org | Dec 24, 2024 | Oberlin and the Civil War
Hiram Alonzo Pease: The Legend of a Principled Abolitionist By Richard Donegan-AmeriCorps Civil War 150 Leadership Volunteer at the Oberlin Heritage Center (2012) – One of Oberlin’s proudest legacies is the town’s role in the Underground Railroad and the fight...