Lisa Powell

Apr 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lisa Powell

Apr. 25—Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, arrived in Dayton a few days after his Senate rival had visited. From Thursday to Sunday this week, there will multiple people dressed like Lincoln and others garbed in 19th-century attire around Montgomery County, as the Association of Lincoln Presenters (ALP) hosts its annual conference in Dayton.

Apr 9, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lisa Powell

Apr. 9—A band of hardcore hooligans, guns in one hand and pillowcases in the other, robbed a downtown Dayton jewelry store in April 1936. Five armed men entered the Sol Partner jewelry store at 20 N. Ludlow St. at 2:30 in the afternoon on April 9, 1936. The jewelry store owner, three employees and four customers were inside.

Mar 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lisa Powell

Mar. 21—Here are 14 things to know about the Great Dayton Flood, which happened 110 years ago this month:Disaster of epic proportions. The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 was a regional event and still ranks as Ohio's worst natural disaster, with 467 deaths statewide. No way to keep up. The storm began with 58 mph wind gusts on March 21, 1913. Then on March 23, Easter Sunday, the rain began dumping 8 to 11 inches over a five-day period.

Mar 19, 2024 | yahoo.com | Lisa Powell

Mar. 19—The roots of Central State University are intertwined with its neighbor and parent institution, Wilberforce University, the first private, historically African-American college formed in the United States. Its been more than 130 years since the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce University evolved into Central State University. In celebration of the founding of Central State on March 19, 1887, here are some things to know about its history.

Feb 15, 2024 | dayton.com | Greg Lynch |Lisa Powell |Sydney Dawes

The new Dayton VA statue honors the promise Lincoln made to the country’s Civil War veterans. Just over a month before Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, he made a speech promising “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan,” according to American Veterans Heritage Center president Bill DeFries. The work depicts Lincoln, pen in hand, with legislation he signed establishing the National Soldier’s and Sailor’s Asylum to care for Civil War veterans.