Memorial Hall is a very special place here in Cincinnati. Located right next to Music Hall and across the street from Washington Park, this is one gorgeous piece of Cincinnati history. The building was originally built (1908) as a memorial to the Civil War soldiers and sailors. Like so many other Cincinnati architectural masterpieces, this [...]
One of the stops in our new tour, Civil War Cincinnati, will be Old St. Mary’s Church. German immigrants largely made up what would become “Over the Rhine” so it should be no surprise that Old St. Mary’s Church was a German parish. In the early 1800′s, 2/3 of Cincinnati’s Catholics were German immigrants. It’s [...]
We recently visited the Cincinnati Museum Center’s exhibit “America I Am”. It’s an incredible exhibit highlighting the impact that the slave trade had upon American history. With more than 300 objects from every point in US history, this exhibit is a must see for all history buffs. Cincinnati is lucky to be included as one [...]
It may seem like an odd combination for a blog post… beer and a cemetery. But when I add in Spring Grove and Christian Moerlein, I think you’ll see where I’m going with this. Spring Grove Cemetery has to be one of the prettiest places in town. With headstones that would be at home in [...]
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