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Cleveland History Days
Celebrate Cleveland’s Legacy
Friday, June 23 - Sunday, July 2, 2023
Various locations across Cleveland
Jun
23
This event has already taken place
Celebrate Cleveland’s Legacy
Friday, June 23 - Sunday, July 2, 2023
Various locations across Cleveland
10 am – 3:30 pm at Baseball Heritage Museum at League Park, 6601 Lexington Avenue, 44103
A day-long celebration of Cleveland sports history led by brilliant authors and historians: Learn and explore the origins of baseball in Cleveland. Author Q&A to follow.
10:00 am & 1:00 pm Marc Bona, Author of Hidden History of Cleveland Sports
11:30 am & 2:30 pm: Ken Krsolovic & Brian Fritz, Author of History of League Park
$10 museum admission. Registration is preferred.
10 – 11:30 am at Flat Iron Cafe, 1114 Center St, Cleveland, OH 44113
Enjoy a 90-minute guided walking tour that highlights the history and redevelopment of Ohio & Erie Canal and Canal Basin.
Event is free to attend; however, registration is requested.
10 am – 12 pm at St John's Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
Enjoy a 2-3 mile walk that follows a path of the Underground Railroad. Learn to use a new phone app that brings to life stories of daring escapes and the risks Ohio abolitionists took.
10:30 am – 4:30 pm at Cleveland Public Library Main Branch, 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, 44114
Enjoy a full day of author talks, presentations and discussions presented by Cleveland History Days in the Stokes Auditorium of the beautiful and historic Cleveland Public Library, Main Library.
Event is free to attend; however, registration is requested for each presenter.
Presentation Topic: Cleveland in the Guilded Age w/ special focus on John D. Rockefeller.
Presentation Topic: Daniel Burnhams Mall /Cleveland City Beautiful Movement. This presentation will include updates about the effort by Placemark Collaborative and Canalway to designate Cleveland’s Historic Mall and Group Plan as a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest designation by the National Parks Service.
Presentation Topic: Ohio's moundbuilding civilizations, the state's historic tribes, and The Other Trails of Tears: The Removal of the Ohio Indians. Author Q&A to follow.
Roundtable discussion with Tom Yablonsky, John Grabowski (Author, Cleveland Historian), and Tim Donovan on the Cleveland history books that have been published and the stories that have not yet been written.
12-4 p.m. at Cozad-Bates House, 11508 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44102
The Cozad-Bates House Interpretive Center highlights this area’s history as a center of anti-slavery activism and honors those seeking freedom through indoor exhibits and outdoor installations. Restore Cleveland Hope opens the interior exhibits Saturdays from noon-4 p.m. the outdoor grounds are open to the public daily from dawn to dusk.
3 – 4:30pm at CanalWay Center, 4524 East 49th St., Cuyahoga Heights, 44125
For two summers in the middle of the 1930s thousands of visitors thronged the lakefront in downtown Cleveland for the Great Lakes Expo. Stories and photos help to bring the story of Cleveland’s big party to life. Join Historian Judy MacKeigan as she delves into the history of the Great Lakes Expo with a particular focus on the role of the women involved.
Event is free to attend. No registration required.
2 – 3pm at Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens, 6709 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103
A Reading of The Declaration of Independence with excerpts from Poor Richard’s Almanac and hits from the 1700’s. The Lantern Theatre is dedicated to producing theatre for the whole family that reveals and celebrates the history of our region, state, and country.
Tickets $20/person.
