COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Visitors will be invited to sign a
card and enjoy some cake as the Ohio Statehouse celebrates its 150th
birthday.
It was on Nov. 15, 1861 that the Ohio Capitol building
was completed following construction that took more than two decades.
Tuesday’s birthday party will include a cake-cutting ceremony in the
Statehouse Rotunda and a large birthday card available for signing
before it’s put away in the Statehouse archive. Officials say in a news
release that the card will be brought out and displayed in 2061 during
the 200th birthday festivities.
Also scheduled for Tuesday are an
Ohio artists fair on the ground level of the Statehouse and the
unveiling of portraits of the state’s three governors who served during
the Civil War.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Visitors will be invited to sign a
card and enjoy some cake as the Ohio Statehouse celebrates its 150th
birthday.
It was on Nov. 15, 1861 that the Ohio Capitol building
was completed following construction that took more than two decades.
Tuesday’s birthday party will include a cake-cutting ceremony in the
Statehouse Rotunda and a large birthday card available for signing
before it’s put away in the Statehouse archive. Officials say in a news
release that the card will be brought out and displayed in 2061 during
the 200th birthday festivities.
Also scheduled for Tuesday are an
Ohio artists fair on the ground level of the Statehouse and the
unveiling of portraits of the state’s three governors who served during
the Civil War.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.