{"id":31468,"date":"2021-03-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=31468"},"modified":"2021-03-04T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:12:52","slug":"celebrating-ohios-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2021\/03\/04\/celebrating-ohios-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Ohio\u2019s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ohio celebrated its birthday on March 1. Eventually becoming the seventeenth U.S. state, Ohio was originally populated by French fur traders<\/a> and later became part of the British Empire after the French and Indian War<\/a>.
While it was still not a state, Ohio became United States territory after the American Revolutionary War<\/a> and was part of the Northwest Territory<\/a>. It has technically been a state since 1803, but it was never officially made one until President Dwight Eisenhower<\/a> signed it as a state in 1953. When doing this, he set its induction date back to March 1, 1803. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we\u2019ve viewed a little history on Ohio, let\u2019s take a look at some facts that people may not know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Columbus hasn\u2019t always been Ohio\u2019s capital<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Chillicothe was actually Ohio\u2019s capital<\/a> when it first became a state. It was the capital from 1803 until 1810 when Zanesville was given this honor. In 1812, Chillicothe was named the capital once again. It was in 1816 that it was decided for Columbus to be named the capital as its location was more centered within the state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Ohio is called \u201cThe Mother of Modern Presidents\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Seven of the United States presidents<\/a> were born in Ohio. These include Ulysses S. Grant<\/a>, Rutherford Hayes<\/a>, James Garfield<\/a>, Benjamin Harrison,<\/a> William McKinley<\/a>, William Taft<\/a> and Warren Harding<\/a>. President William Harrison<\/a> was born in Virginia, but later became an Ohio resident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. The Ohio state beverage is tomato juice<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        This came to be in 1965<\/a> when it was decided by the Ohio General Assembly<\/a>. Tomatoes have become a very important part of Ohio\u2019s economy since Alexander Livingston<\/a> began to produce and sell them in 1870. Tomatoes are now grown all over the state of Ohio, but especially in its Northwestern area. Tomatoes were also named Ohio\u2019s state fruit in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        (Source:Pexels\/Jim Fawns)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        1. The Ohio state mammal is the white-tailed deer <\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          This deer was named a state symbol in 1988<\/a>. People who lived in early Ohio used these deer for meat and their fur for clothing. They turned their bones and antlers into needed tools as well. The bottom side of the deer\u2019s tail has white fur, which can usually be seen when they are running or when they lift their tails as a signal if they feel that they are unsafe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. The state\u2019s name has old roots<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            The Iroquois Indian<\/a> word \u201cO-Y-O\u201d meant \u201cgreat river\u201d<\/a> and paved the path to the name \u201cOhio.\u201d The Indians lived between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes around 1650. The French people later interpreted \u201cO-Y-O\u201d<\/a> as meaning \u201cLa Belle Riviere,\u201d or \u201cthe beautiful river.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. Cleveland, Ohio is the birthplace of rock & roll music<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              In the late 1940s, a DJ named Alan Freed<\/a> played music that was popular among African-Americans<\/a> on his radio show, which included genres of jazz, gospel and the blues. He called this \u201cThe Moondog Rock & Roll House Party.\u201d Freed worked with the owner of the store \u201cRecord Rendezvous<\/a>,\u201d Leo Mintz, and the two put together the first ever rock & roll concert in Cleveland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              In the decades following, many artists such as David Bowie, Aerosmith and Elvis performed their early shows or those that are highlighted in their careers in Cleveland. Today, Cleveland is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>, which acknowledges artists from different parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Rebekah Davidson<\/strong>
              Intern\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Ohio celebrated its birthday on March 1. Eventually becoming the seventeenth U.S. state, Ohio was originally populated by French fur traders and later became part of the British Empire after the French and Indian War.While it was still not a state, Ohio became United States territory after the American Revolutionary War and was part of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10416,"featured_media":31476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[532,2529,279,4889,4715],"class_list":["post-31468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tartan-news","tag-cleveland","tag-columbus","tag-ohio","tag-ohios-birthday","tag-rebekah-davidson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-8by","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31477,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31468\/revisions\/31477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}