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For Immediate Release
National Road Exhibit Takes Side Trip to Piqua Historical Area
(PIQUA, Ohio, June 25, 2008) – After appearing at venues along Route 40 last year, the Ohio Historical Society’s The National Road: Helping Build America is now making a stop at the Piqua Historical Area from July 1–Sept. 26.
The exhibit tells the story of the history and evolution of the National Road from the perspective of a traveler. It was created in 2007 to celebrate the bicentennial of the 1806 authorization by Congress of the National Road, our nation’s first federally funded interstate highway. The Ohio portion of the National Road covers more than 225 miles in 10 different counties.
"A visitor will learn about why the National Road was initiated, how it relates to the larger story of westward expansion and the development of the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries," said Glenn Harper from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office, who helped design the exhibit. "The exhibit also covers the various eras of the Road from the stagecoach era through the preinterstate automobile era and the role the Road continues to play locally and regionally."
After the exhibit closes at Piqua, it then moves north to Fort Meigs in Perrysburg where it will be on display from Oct. 1–Dec. 26. Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta will display the exhibit from Jan. 1– March 27, 2009 and the Youngstown Historical Center will have the display from April 1–June 29, 2009.The exhibit was funded in part by the Ohio Humanities Council.
The Piqua Historical Area is located three miles north of Piqua, Ohio on Hardin Road, just off State Route 66. It is one of 59 sites administered by the Ohio Historical Society, a nonprofit organization that serves as the state’s partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio's history, natural history and archaeology. For more information, call 800.752.2619 or visit www.ohiohistory.org.
Media contact: Andy Hite: 937.772.2522 or ahite@ohiohistory.org
Media contact: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org
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