FROM YOUTUBE__Ohio Northern University Associate Professor of History Dr. David Strittmatter presented this Museum Talk, “The Coming of the Civil War” on February 8. The focus of this talk is five key events in 1850s America–all related to the status of slavery–that set the country on the path of war.

The museum’s exhibit, “Threats of Conflict: Echoes of the Civil War,” opened on the same day.

Allen County Historical Society and Museum
620 W Market St, Lima, OH 45801