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OHIO — Next summer, America will celebrate a milestone birthday.
To help celebrate its 250th, more than 80 popular sites across the Buckeye State are being highlighted for contributions to innovation.
America’s ‘Semiquincentennial’ is on July 4th, 2026, and states around the nation are showcasing what makes them unique..
“Of course, we didn’t wait until 2026 to throw a party in Ohio. We have so many stories to tell, how Ohio has revolutionized the nation,” said Ohio Travel Association Executive Director Melina Huntley.
“Ohio, I believe, is head and shoulders above other states in what we’re doing. One of the things that we’re doing is telling our story through Trails and Tales, the stories of Ohio contributions to our nation’s history over the last 250 years,” said Destination Toledo President and CEO Lance Woodworth.
The unveiling of the ’Ohio Innovation Trail’ at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton was something volunteer Chuck Johnson said he needed to see.
“I was going home after my talk but then I called my wife and said I can’t miss this,” he said.
The 91-year-old Daytonian is a bit of a history buff and was even taking videos and pictures during the unveiling.
“Worked for Charles F. Kettering for two years when he was alive. I worked there for four years after he died in 1958,” he said.
On the Innovation Trail, the sites include big ones like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Cincinnati Museum Center, the Ohio History Center, and also many others including the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting and even smaller ones.
“Like the Music Makers museum or the early television museum in Hilliard, or there are museums that are tucked away in places that you didn’t even know were open such as the Dittrick medical museum up in Cleveland,” said Huntley.
“You can drive to them, you can ride a bike to them, however you want to get to them you’re going to be welcomed there, and it’s just a lot of fun,” Woodworth said.
As for Johnson, he might not get to all the sites, but he’ll be at Carillon and in Dayton discussing the community he knows and loves.
“This particular area is important. Dayton is doubly important with all of the manufacturing that went on here. And that’s why it’s important,” he said.
This is the fourth statewide trail project by America 250 Ohio, and six are planned.
A couple of other trails that have already been launched include the ‘Air and Space Trail’ and the ‘Ohio Creativity Trail’.
The official kickoff for Ohio will occur the first week of January at the Ohio Statehouse.
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Alese Underwood
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