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Memorial Day and Flag Day
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Memorial Day, May 26th, honors U.S. soldiers who died serving their country. Flag Day, June 14th, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

Akron Memorial Arch Photograph

The citizens of Akron, Ohio built this arch on South Howard Street for Memorial Day in 1898.
University of Akron

Calvin Coolidge Rededicates Otterbein College Soldiers' Monument Photograph

Vice President Calvin Coolidge places a wreath on the Soldiers' Monument at Otterbein College in 1922.
Otterbein College

Civil War 89th Ohio Volunteer Infantry National Colors

Captured by the Confederates at the battle of Chickamauga in 1863, the flag was recovered in 1880 by William Barnes of Clermont County.
Ohio Historical Society

Civil War Chapel Photograph

The chapel at the Akron Rural Cemetery was dedicated on Memorial Day 1876 to honor Union soldiers who died in the Civil War.
Akron Summit County Public Library

Civil War Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Photographs

The monument stands on the Athens village commons.
Athens County Historical Society

Daniel McCook, Sr. with Rifle Photograph

Daniel McCook Sr of the Fighting McCooks, an Ohio family that sent 15 men to serve in the Civil War. He was fatally wounded during Morgan's Raid in 1863.
Ohio Historical Society

Gallia County Indigent Soldiers' Burial Record

County commissioners kept records of burials of veterans unable to pay funeral costs who were buried at government expense.
Athens County Historical Society and Museum

George Uhlich Civil War Letters to Family

George Uhlich of Mansfield, Ohio who served in the Civil War. He survived a Southern prison camp but died in the explosion of the steamship Sultana.
Mansfield-Richland County Public Library

James B. McPherson Monument

Sculptor Louis Rebisso of Cincinnati created this bronze statue that stands over in McPherson Cemetery in Clyde, Ohio.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

James B. McPherson Portrait

McPherson, a native of Clyde, Ohio, was the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the Civil War.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

James B. McPherson Wooden Campaign Chest

General James B. McPherson was the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the Civil War.
Firelands Historical Society

Joshua W. Sill Frock Coat

Sill, a native of Chillicothe, was killed at the Battle of Stone's River in 1862.
Ross County Historical Society

Joshua W. Sill Funeral Program

A funeral was held for Sill in Chillicothe on February 4, 1863.
Ross County Historical Society

Joshua W. Sill Photograph

This photograph was probably taken during the summer of 1861 while Sill was in Portsmouth recruiting troops for the 33rd O.V.I.
Ross County Historical Society

Kelton Scrapbook Items

These items give news of the death of Columbus native Oscar Kelton in the Civil War.
Kelton House Museum and Garden

Mechanicsburg War Memorial

The monument was dedicated on May 30, 1890.
Mechanicsburg Public Library

Mexican War 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry National Colors

Captain Schuyler Hamilton carried this national flag in the battle of Monterrey in 1846 during the Mexican War.
Ohio Historical Society

National Colors of the 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

The women of Summit and Ashtabula counties presented them with the regiment with this flag in 1861.
Henderson Memorial Public Library

National Colors of the Black Brigade of Cincinnati

This flag belonged to the first organized group of black men employed for military purposes in the North.
Ohio Historical Society

Perry Center School Group Receiving Flag Donated by Ku Klux Klan

In Wood County, where there was not a large African American, Jewish, or immigrant population, the KKK appealed to patriotism to encourage membership.
Center for Archival Collections, BGSU

Rufus Dawes Photographs

Civil War veteran Rufus Dawes is shown in uniform and on Decoration Day (Memorial Day) in 1899.
The Dawes Arboretum

School Class Photograph

Children in Grand Rapids, Wood County pose in front of the Stars and Stripes circa 1890-1896.
Center for Archival Collections, BGSU

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Photographs

Cleveland honored its Civil War veterans with this monument.
Cleveland Public Library

Twenty-Seven Star Flag

Schoolteacher Catherine Vandemark Wilson Cain sewed this 27-star flag to display in her classroom in Houston, Ohio in 1845.
Shelby County Historical Society

Zoar Civil War Veterans Flag Photograph

Members of the Society of Separatists of Zoar villagers displaying a flag that bears the names of Zoar men who served in the Civil War.
Ohio Historical Society