Tag Archives: Woodland Cemetery

Women’s Suffrage Cemetery Tour

Emily Reth is a graduate of the Wright State University Public History program and completed her capstone project with SC&A in the spring of 2018. Look for some of the suffragists’ graves at Woodland Cemetery! Woodland currently holds a variety … Continue reading

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Woodland Cemetery celebrates 175 Years

Woodland Cemetery is just one of many local organizations whose history and records are preserved here at Special Collections & Archives. On this day, February 18, Woodland Cemetery celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding! We are pleased to share with you … Continue reading

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Funeral of Orville Wright

Orville Wright, who with his brother, Wilbur Wright, invented the first powered controlled aircraft, died on January 30, 1948, after suffering his second heart attack. He was 76. (Wilbur died in 1912 at the age of 45.) His niece, Ivonette … Continue reading

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