America 250-Ohio Launches Statewide Effort to Locate and Document Revolutionary War Veterans’ Gravesites

Local history group charts new course

Members of a local group whose ancestors participated in the Revolutionary War have elected new officers to help preserve that history and guide other efforts.

America 250-Ohio launches statewide effort to locate and document Revolutionary War veterans’ gravesites

America 250-Ohio, the official state commission responsible for spearheading Ohio’s celebrations and commemorations relating to America’s semiquincentennial in 2026, announced today a major statewide effort to locate, verify and document the final resting places of Revolutionary War veterans buried in…

Fielding Lewis Chapter Dedicates America 250 Patriots Marker

To prepare for the nation’s 250th birthday, the Fielding Lewis Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated an America 250 Patriots Marker at the Marietta National Cemetery.

America 250-Ohio launches statewide effort for Revolutionary War veterans’ gravesites - Urbana Daily Citizen

Submitted story COLUMBUS — America 250-Ohio, the official state commission responsible for spearheading Ohio’s celebrations and commemorations relating to America’s semiquincentennial in 2026, announced today a major statewide effort to locate, verify and document the final resting places of Revolutionary War veterans buried in Ohio. With an estimated 7,000 such graves believed to exist statewide, the commission invites the public to help identi…

America 250-Ohio Launches Statewide Effort to Locate and Document Revolutionary War Veterans’ Gravesites

This Memorial Day, Ohioans are invited to participate in this new crowdsourced project to honor the nation’s first veterans Columbus, OH (May 20, 2025)— America 250-Ohio, the official state commission responsible for spearheading Ohio’s celebrations and commemorations relating to America’s semiquincentennial in 2026, announced today a major statewide effort to locate, verify and document the final resting places of Revolutionary War veterans bur…