Bexley Park in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Please Allow This Piece of History to Remain As Is
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 26, 2025
1. Please Allow This Piece of History to Remain As Is Marker
The graffiti you see here was written by people whose lives were directly affected by The Wall. Now that The Wall is history, we ask that you leave it just the way it is.
The one side of The Wall is empty of graffiti because it faced the "death strip". Anyone caught in that area could be shot without warning.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, Cold. In addition, it is included in the Berlin Wall series list.
Location. 39° 57.387′ N, 82° 56.256′ W. Marker is in Bexley, Ohio, in Franklin County. It is in Bexley Park. It can be reached from East Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2309 E Main Street, Columbus OH 43209, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Capital University (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Drexel Theater (about 500 feet away); The National Road / The Interurban Electric Railway (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hanford Village (approx. 0.7 miles away); Eastmoor (approx. 0.7 miles away); Bexley World War II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Camp Bushnell (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bexley (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bexley.
Also see . . . How did the Berlin Wall End Up at Capital University?. News article about how this piece of the Berlin Wall found its way to a university in central Ohio. (Submitted on June 26, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 26, 2025
2. Please Allow This Piece of History to Remain As Is Marker - wide view
Photographed by Pete Skillman, June 26, 2025
3. Please Allow This Piece of History to Remain As Is Marker
Opposite side of the wall with graffiti.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 224 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 26, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
