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1. SCAOHI_120804_020.JPG: Lincoln and Vicksburg Monument This monument originally was installed in this location in January 1871. The bust of former Pres. Abraham Lincoln was carved by Thomas D. Jones on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse. Jones stayed in the Relic Room on the third floor of the statehouse while working on this piece. The relief of the surrender at Vicksburg was included as part of this memorial because of the significance of that battle in the Union's Civil War effort: through the surrender of the Confederates at Vicksburg, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River. This not only allowed the Union to move its goods to international markets, but also divided the Confederacy in half. Near the turn of the last century, the monument was removed from this site and disassembled. Many stone pieces were lost. The historic elements have now undergone extensive conservation, and the missing stone pieces have been reproduced. On Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1998, this monument was unveiled and rededicated as you see it today.
2. SCAOHI_120804_042.JPG: Ohio and the War of 1812: During the War of 1812, Ohio was active in the front lines of the conflict between the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and the Native American allies on each side. Fighting took place in the northeastern section of the state and on adjacent Lake Erie. One of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay. The battle was fought on September 10, 1813 in Lake Erie, off the coast of Ohio. Nine vessels of the US Navy defeated and captured six vessels of Great Britain's Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames. Oliver Hazard Perry, the "Hero of Lake Erie," commanded the American naval forces during the Battle fo Lake Erie. Perry's defeat of the British Royal Navy was summarized briefly and memorably in his report to General William Henry Harrison. "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." In 1865, artist William H. Powell illustrated Commodore Perry's heroics in a painting, "Perry's Victory" for the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda. Eight years later, he created a larger version which hangs in the US Capitol. This painting is titled "The Battle of Lake Erie."
3. SCAOHI_120804_055.JPG: The Star-Spangled Banner Flag: Why does this flag have 15 stars and 15 stripes? To commemorate the anniversaries of the War of 1812, the Ohio War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission donated a 15-star, 15-stripe flag to the Ohio Statehouse. This was the official flag of the United States in 1812 and is now referred to as the "Star Spangled Banner Flag" after the national anthem written by Francis Scott Key during the war. Between 1777 and 1960, the Continental Congress and the US Congress passed several acts that changed the shape, design and arrangement of the flag, allowing for additional stars and stripes to be added as new states were admitted to the union. June 1777 -- the Continental Congress established the first official flag of the new nation: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new Constellation. January 1794 -- Congress provided for fifteen stripes and fifteen stars after May 1795. This act stayed in effect until 1818. April 1818 -- provided for thirteen stripes, and one star for each new state, to be added to the flag on the Fourth of July following the admission of each new state. June 1912 -- established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward. January 1959 -- provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered horizontally and vertically. August 1959 -- provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically. Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red, alternating with six white. The stripes represent the thirteen original colonies, and the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well; red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor; white symbolizes Purity and Innocence; and blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.
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5. SCAOHI_120804_133.JPG: General Davis and His Redtails Artist: P. Tepper Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., (1912-2002) was among the first five black officers to earn their wings from the Tuskegee Army Airfield in 1942. He was the first black officer to solo an Army Air Corps aircraft, and he later commanded the 332nd Fighter Group of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were part of a US Army Air Corps program begun in 1941 to train African Americans to fly combat aircraft. The Airmen flew bomber escorts as the 332nd Fighter Group and became one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II. Their efforts paved the way towards the integration of all US military forces in 1948.
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