BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1702@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240713T150000 DTSTAMP:20240712T154223Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/237th-anniversary-celebration-of-the-n orthwest-territory-ordinance-of-1878/ SUMMARY:237th Anniversary Celebration of the Northwest Territory ordinance of 1878 DESCRIPTION:237th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787 Celebration \n\nMuskingum Park\, Marietta\, Washington County\, Ohio\n\n  \n\n“Slavery Prohibited\, Religion Necessary\, and Education Forever Enc ouraged!”\n\n \n\nThe 237th Anniversary of the Ordinance of 1787 Celebr ation Committee wishes to invite the public to our ceremony on Saturday\, July 13\, 2024 at the Start Westward Monument in East Muskingum Park\, Fro nt Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750.\n\n \;\n\n10:00am to 10:30am - Fi rst Congregational Church\, the “Church of the Pioneers” bell ringing of the carillon will be performed with various patriotic tunes. Guests are invited to climb the steps into the bell tower to watch as Sean Lofty ope rates the wooden levers to engage the chimes.\n\n10:30am – Program - 237 th Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Commemoration at the “Start Westward Memo rial”. Speaker: Gleaves Whitney\, Executive Director of the Gerald R. Fo rd Presidential Foundation. Presentation: “America’s Refounding: The N orthwest Ordinance and the Vision of a More Perfect Union” Gleaves Whitn ey began his role as executive director of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation on September 1\, 2020. Since 2015 Gleaves has worked with his colleague Jon Lauck to revive Midwestern history as an academic discipline \; hosted six major conferences and edited four books. He was the Director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies from 2003-2020. Gleaves describes “the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is one of the world’s grea t state papers. Arguably the greatest achievement of the Confederation Con gress\, the document provided the blueprint for the growth of the new Amer ican republic and set the course for forming a more perfect union—most o f all by excluding slavery from new territory.”\n\nThis event is a tribu te to the Continental Congress and all Patriots of the American Revolution \, and focuses on the history of the founding of the Northwest Territory u nder the Ordinance of 1787. Many historians describe the Ordinance as one of the top three “Human Rights” documents in the world. Author David M cCullough described the Ordinance best on page 30 of his new book\, The Pi oneers\; “the great Northwest Ordinance of 1787 stands alongside the Mag na Carta and the Declaration of Independence as a bold assertion of the ri ghts of the individual.”\n\n \;\n\nADDITIONAL FRIDAY and SATURDAY PR OGRAMMING: \n\nFRIDAY\, July 12th\, 6:30pm showing at the McDonough Center Auditorium at Marietta College. In David Garrigus' upcoming documentary f ilm\, THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION: 1787\, leading authors and historians r eveal the story of the U.S. Constitution's creation. Accomplished actors bring the words of the Framers to life—in the room where it happened!  1787 promises to entertain while providing a deeper understanding of Ame rica's essential history. Participants will view major sections of the fi lm\; discuss and give feedback to the filmmaker. \n\nThe project is filmma ker David Garrigus’ second major historical documentary after his award- winning PBS two-hour Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers’ Journey of Inventi on featuring Neil Armstrong and John Glenn. Six years in the making\, Kit ty Hawk is widely recognized as the best documentary to tell the story of how the airplane was invented.\n\nSATURDAY\, July 13th\, 9:30am to 5:00pm – The Museum of the Northwest Territory - Campus Martius\, tour the Gene ral Rufus Putnam House\, constructed in 1788 as part of the Campus Martius fortification. (Regular admission rates) Note: Territorial Governor Arthu r St Clair and other officials conducted official business at the first Ca pital of the Northwest Territory\, Campus Martius. Check out the exhibit “Celebrating the Pioneers\,” based on the book The Pioneers by David M cCullough\, and explore the lives and personal objects owned by some of th e individuals mentioned in the book.\n\nSATURDAY\, July 13th\, 10am to 3pm - “HISTORY IN THE PARK” – History exhibits and Reenactors in Musking um Park! \n\nDATES in HISTORY: July 13\, 1787\, the day the Northwest Ordi nance of 1787 is adopted\; July 9\, 1788\, the date Territorial Governor A rthur St. Clair arrived at Marietta\; July 15\, 1788 the day Gov. St Clair opened Territorial government for business.\n\nCelebration Committee Co-C hairs: Marietta Mayor\, Josh Schlicher\; former Ohio Governor Nancy Hollis ter\; Dr. Sharon Barnett\, Board Member of The Multicultural Genealogical Center\; Lila Hill\, Marietta Daughters of the American Revolution\; Jean Yost\, Marietta Chapter Sons of the American Revolution.\n\nNote: This is an outdoor event under the small temporary protective shelter covering the monument\, in case of rain we will conduct the program in the First Congr egational Church at 318 Front Street\, Marietta\, OH 45750 (Directly acros s the street from the monument.)\n\n \;\n\nOrdinance of 1787 Celebrati on Program Support: City of Marietta\; Museum of the Northwest Territory - Campus Martius\; First Congregational Church\; Marietta Chapter Sons of t he American Revolution\; Washington County Public Library\; Washington Cou nty Veterans Service Office\; The Multicultural Genealogical Center\; the Marietta Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution\; Civil War Roundtab le of the Mid-Ohio Valley and the America 250-Ohio Commission.\n\n \;\ n\nHISTORIC BACKGROUND: Marietta\, Washington County\, Ohio\, is the site of the first organized settlement and Capital of the Northwest Territory.   After the Revolutionary War\, many New England officers and enlisted me n formed the Ohio Company and left their homes for life on the frontier.  Landing at the mouth of the Muskingum (site of Fort Harmar and the 1st Am erican Regiment of the U.S. Army) on 7 April 1788\, a group of 48 patriots led by General Rufus Putnam\, founded Marietta and started the western e xpansion of the United States.  Over the next several years\, a great man y soldiers\, sailors\, and/or their families came to live here in a county named for their leader\, General George Washington. These men who had fo ught for their country’s independence in the American Revolution had lob bied with the new Congress for land as payment for their service.  One r esult of the efforts of these men was the creation of the Northwest Ordina nce of 1787 which established territories North of the Ohio River to Canad a and East of the Mississippi River\, abolished slavery (Article VI) and s erved as the model for the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. The Nort hwest Ordinance was unanimously passed on 13 July 1787 as one of the first significant pieces of legislation passed by the Continental Congress afte r the war.  On 17 September 1787\, almost 2 months to the day of the pass ing of the Northwest Ordinance\, Congress slightly modified that Ordinance and adopted it as our U.S. Constitution. \n\n \n\nFor additional informa tion contact\, Jean Yost\, Member of the 237th Anniversary of the Ordinanc e of 1787 Celebration Committee.\n\n6207 Ohio Route 550\, Cutler\, Ohio\, 45724\; Phone: 740-336-8060\, Email: jean.yost@gmail.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /07/JULY-13-Start-Westward.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Muskingum Park\, 310 Front Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, Unit ed States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=310 Front Street\, Marietta \, Ohio\, 45750\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Muskingum Park: geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR