Marietta Ohio Chapter

  Schedule of Events for Friday, April 4, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
5:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

Washington County Historical Society Archives
346 Muskingum Drive (Upstairs), Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 2:00pm, FREE

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 9:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

Schedule of Events for Thursday, April 3, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
5:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

Washington County Historical Society Archives
346 Muskingum Drive (Upstairs), Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 2:00pm, FREE

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 9:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

  Schedule of Events for Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
5:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

Farmers’ Castle Museum and Educational Center
509 Ridge St, Belpre, Ohio
1:00 - 4:30pm
FREE, DONATIONS APPRECIATED

Washington County Historical Society Archives
346 Muskingum Drive (Upstairs), Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 2:00pm, FREE

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 9:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

  Schedule of Events for Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
5:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 9:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

  Schedule of Events for Monday, March 31, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
5:00pm - 8:00pm
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 9:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

  Schedule of Events for Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sunday Church Services
(More Details at a Future Date)
*Visit the church of your ancestors or your choice

70 Historical Flags Display
Washington County Courthouse, 2nd & Putnam St, Marietta
1:00pm - 5:00pm
FREE Tours of the courthouse, flag display & some offices
(More Details in the future)

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
1:00pm - 5:00pm
FREE Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

Oliver Tucker Museum Tour
 State Route 60 and Park St, Beverly, Ohio
1:00 - 4:00pm
FREE, DONATIONS APPRECIATED

Henry Fearing House
131 Gilman Street, Marietta, Ohio
1:00pm - 5:00pm
FREE, DONATIONS APPRECIATED

New Matamoras Historical Society Tour
 200 Main Street, New Matamoras, Ohio
1:00 - 4:00pm
FREE Museum Tours

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details in the future)

  Schedule of Events for Saturday, March 29, 2008

Patriots and Pioneers Conference
Washington State Community College
710 Colgate Drive, Marietta, Ohio
8:00am - 5:30pm
Classes, Speakers, Computer Research and More

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 5:00pm
FREE Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 10:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

  Schedule of Events for Friday, March 28, 2008

Campus Martius Museum
601 Second St, Marietta, Ohio
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Reception with Refreshments
FREE Candlelight Tours of Rufus Putnam House and Museum

Oliver Tucker Museum Tour
 State Route 60 and Park St, Beverly, Ohio
1:00 - 4:00pm
FREE, DONATIONS APPRECIATED

Daughters of the American Revolution, Marietta Library
Brick house nearest the corner of
8th &Wooster St, Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 2:00pm
Revolutionary War Patriot Lookups and Research

Washington County Historical Society Archives
346 Muskingum Drive (Upstairs), Marietta, Ohio
10:00am - 2:00pm, FREE

History & Genealogy Library
418 Washington St, Marietta, Ohio
9:00am - 10:00pm (Extended Hours)

Driving Tour of Belpre Historical Sites
(More Details at a Future Date)

The Marietta Chapter formed in October 2005, with the assistance of the District and State Officers, Ewing Chapter SAR (Meigs and Athens County, Ohio); Captain James Neil Chapter SAR (Parkersburg, West Virginia); Marietta Chapter DAR (Marietta, Ohio); Nabby Lee Ames Chapter DAR (Athens, Ohio); and the tremendous help from our first President, Roy Fluharty. Fluharty is Past President of the Richard Montgomery Chapter SAR (Dayton, Ohio).The AMERICAN LEGION POST 64, Marietta, Ohio, is to be commended for allowing us to use the Legion Hall as our meeting place.

As a veteran and historian, Compatriot Kenneth Riley saw the lack of action by the men of Washington County to honor their abundant Revolutionary War ancestry as something that needed remedied.  Compatriot Riley therefore is to be commended for initiating contacts with the SAR and DAR to help organize and charter this new chapter in Ohio’s Pioneer City.

Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, is the site of the first organized settlement and Capital of the Northwest Territory.  After the Revolutionary War, many New England officers and enlisted men formed the Ohio Company and left their homes for life on the frontier.  Landing in Marietta on 7 April 1788, a group of 48 patriots led by General Rufus Putnam, started the western expansion of the United States.  Over the next several years, a great many soldiers and sailors and/or their families came to live here in a county named for their leader, General George Washington. These men who had fought for their country’s independence in the American Revolution had lobbied with the new Congress for land as payment for their service.  One result of the efforts of these men was the creation of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which established territories North of the Ohio River to Canada and East of the Mississippi River, abolished slavery (Article VI) and served as the model for the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. The Northwest Ordinance was unanimously passed on 13 July 1787 as one of the first significant pieces of legislation passed by the Continental Congress after the war.  On 17 September 1787, almost 2 months to the day of the passing of the Northwest Ordinance, Congress slightly modified that Ordinance and adopted it as our US Constitution.In the heart of Marietta is Mound Cemetery, the final resting place for many of our Patriots.  Inscribed on a marker in front of the Mound, “It has been told that more Revolutionary Officers are buried in this County than in any Region of the United States.”