[OPLINLIST] Press Release Camp Chase Program at Kelton House

[Kelton House Museum]

 Same press release attached.



FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Georgeanne Reute
Director

614-464-2022
keltonhouse at cs.com
            
Kelton House Museumand Garden Announces
A Short History ofCamp Chase 1861-1865
Camp Chase UnionTraining Camp and Confederate Prison
 
Civil War SesquicentennialPrograms
Presented by RichardHoffman
 
(Columbus,October 7, 2014) – 
 
Today all that remains of Camp Chase is a Confederate Cemeteryholding the graves of 2,260 Confederate soldiers and civilians. Hidden behind astone wall on Sullivant Avenue on the west side of Columbus are Georgia Marbleheadstones representing those Southern boys and men who could not go home.During the Civil War, over 20,000 Confederate soldiers were imprisoned here andover 100,000 Ohio soldiers walked the grounds. In the fall of 1864 there weremore people at Camp Chase than there were in the rest of the city of Columbus.
 
Richard Hoffman, a longtime member of the Hilltop HistoricalSociety who has helped to present the Annual Camp Chase Confederate CemeteryMemorial Service since 1995, will tell the Camp Chase story. He presentsprograms to elementary schools on the Hilltop, senior groups and to anyone hefinds looking for ancestors in the cemetery. He continues to collectinformation and historical artifacts involving Camp Chase. 
 
Mr. Hoffman brings his PowerPoint presentation, “A Short History of Camp Chase 1861-1865:Camp Chase Union Training Camp and Confederate Prison,” to the Kelton HouseMuseum on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., 586 East Town Street,Columbus.  Admission is $5/person.Reservations are recommended. Call 614-464-2022 for reservations.
 
Parkingis available in the Museum lot on Franklin Avenue.
 
Visitwww.keltonhouse.comfor more information about the Kelton House Museum & Garden.
 
General Information
 
TheKelton House Museum & Garden is located at 586 E. Town Street in downtown Columbus.  Built in 1852 by Fernando Cortez and SophiaStone Kelton, the House has been preserved with Kelton family treasures fromthe 1800s.  Strong abolitionists, theKelton family hid fugitive slaves and gave long term support to a particularAfrican-American family. In 1975, when Grace Kelton, the granddaughter ofFernando and Sophia, died, her will entrusted the property to the ColumbusFoundation with the stipulation that her family home be preserved and used as amuseum of local history and the decorative arts. In 1976, The Junior League ofColumbus took on the task of renovating and restoring the house and garden tocreate a museum of 19th-century life.
 
Today,the Kelton House Museumand Garden is a community service of the Junior League of Columbus that offersan ongoing program of house tours, special events and educationalopportunities. An active volunteer program provides a training ground forindividuals interested in historic preservation, the decorative arts, AmericanHistory and museum management.
 
TheKelton House was honored to receive the 2014 Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Holiday Cultural Awareness Award for its Underground Railroad Learning Stationprograms, the Museum’s signature educational program.
 
Formore information about the Kelton House Museum and Garden please visitwww.keltonhouse.com or call 614.464.2022.
 
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Kelton House Museum & Garden
A Service of the Junior League of Columbus
586 East Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614.464.2022
keltonhouse at cs.com
www.keltonhouse.com
www.keltonhouseevents.com

Tour the Kelton House Museum & Garden
Docent-led Tour Sunday 1, 2 & 3 pm
Audio Tour is available:
Saturday 1-4 pm
Sunday 1 - 4 pm
Monday-Friday 10 am - 4 pm
Last Audio Tour begins at 3 pm


Click the link below to
Support the Kelton House by joining
The Friends of Kelton House

http://www.jlcolumbus.org/columbus/npo.jsp?pg=store









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