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Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Ohio Bicentennial Monument

Dedicated to Ohio Pioneers
Past - Present - Future

— 1803 - 2003 —

 
 
Ohio Bicentennial Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
1. Ohio Bicentennial Monument Marker
Inscription.
U. S. Presidents From Ohio
William Henry Harrison • Ulysses Simpson Grant • Rutherford B. Hayes • James A. Garfield • Benjamin Harrison • William McKinley • William Howard Taft • Warren G. Harding

A brief listing of people and events that changed Ohio, the Nation and often the World.
The Wright Brothers • Harvey Firestone • Eddie Rickenbacker • Clarence Darrow • Florence Allen • Jesse Owens • Robert Taft • Roy Rogers • Dr. Albert Sabin • John Glenn • Neil Armstrong • Industrialization • Urbanization • Central European Immigration • African American Migration • Depression And War • WPA Projects • Kent State Shootings • National Football League • Interstate System

Ohio, so much to discover.

A brief listing of people and events that changed Ohio, the Nation and often the World.

Ethan Allan Brown • John Chapman • William Holmes McGuffey • Harriet Beecher Stowe • Sojourner Truth • Nelson T. Gant • William Tecumseh • Sherman Phillip Sheridan • Edwin Stanton • Sister Anthony O'Connell • Thomas Edison • J. D. Rockefeller • Northwest Ordinance • Battle Of Fallen Timbers • The National Road • Ohio Erie Canal • The Oberlin - Wellington Rescue • Railroad Building • Cincinnati Red Stockings • Hocking Valley Coal Strike

"Ohio has saved the Union" (A. Lincoln 1863)
In memory
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Erected 2003.
 
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: EntertainmentGovernment & PoliticsIndigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWaterways & Vessels.
 
Location. 39° 56.42′ N, 82° 0.424′ W. Marker is in Zanesville, Ohio, in Muskingum County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and North 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 425 Main St, Zanesville OH 43701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Zanesville (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Combat Wounded Veterans (a few steps from this marker); Second Capital of Ohio (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Ohio Flag Unit (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II/Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zanesville.
 
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
2. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
sectionhead>Another marker is no longer nearby. The History of Zanesville (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).
 
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
3. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
4. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
5. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
6. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
Ohio Bicentennial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
7. Ohio Bicentennial Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 365 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   7. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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