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Recommended Links: Blood, Tears, and Glory. More information about the book, including sample pages, can be found on the publisher's wage pages: http://www.orangefrazer.com/btg American Civil War Museum of Ohio, America's newest Civil War museum, is chock-full of interesting artifacts and exhibits that bring the war to life. 123 East Court St., Bowling Green, Ohio, (419) 352-0209. www.acwmo.org The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, commemorating our 19th president and his era (the Civil War and the Gilded Age) is the nation's first presidential center. Set in a beautiful 25-acre estate ("Spiegel Grove"), it includes a large Victorian home, library, and museum of fascinating exhibits from the Civil War and post-war eras. Spiegel Grove is located at the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues in Fremont, Ohio. www.rbhayes.org The Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, "is an archives and manuscript repository" for use by researchers. Scholars, students, and genealogists are welcome. The Archive is located on the fifth floor of the Jerome Library at BGSU. (419) 372-2411. www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/cac.html The Rev. John Rankin House is a National Historic Landmark in Ripley, Ohio. Atop a hill overlooking the Ohio River, with slave state Kentucky on the opposite shore, the Rankin House offered a beacon of hope to black escapees. A light in the window guided freedom seekers to this first stop on the Underground Railroad. Fully restored and open to visitors, the house also offers a stunning view of the Ohio River Valley. http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/sw14/ The John P. Parker House, also in Ripley, Ohio, is the home, lovingly restored by the John P. Parker Historical Society, of the brave and ingenious ex-slave who did more than make a notable career for himself as a craftsman and inventor. Parker also aided innumberable escapees from Kentucky, just across the river from his home, to enter Ohio's Underground Railroad system |
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