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Some of My Favorite Photos from the Collection
In the almost two years we have been processing the DDN collection, the same few photos always seem to surface. They have become a very familiar site around the office as they are used both for displays and as talking … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Collection
Tagged batman, bruckner nature center, Buy Bonds, cockroach, elvis, Hitler, paperboy, salamander, WWII
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Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as Second Manassas, began on Thursday, August 28, 1862, when Confederate forces under “Stonewall” Jackson attacked Union forces moving along Warrenton Turnpike just outside Gainesville, Virginia, near the farm of John Brawner. … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 61st OVI, Civil War, family history, history, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, Robert Patterson, Second Battle of Bull Run
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President Richard Nixon in Dayton
It’s election season so I thought it fitting to revisit past presidential campaign stops in the Miami Valley. From now until November the DDN blog will highlight visits by Presidents FDR through HW Bush. The first of the series in … Continue reading
Posted in DDN and Dayton
Tagged Campaign, elections, Nixon, Presidential Election, presidents, Richard Nixon, US Presidents, Watergate
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