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Kickoff planned to get public’s input for Ohio statue
A kickoff press conference is set for Wednesday, March 3, at the Statehouse for the campaign to get public input into which Ohioan should represent the state in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Members of the legislature’s National Statuary Collection Study Committee and representatives from three history groups will discuss details of the public input campaign. The history groups are: the Ohio Historical Society, the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Western Reserve Historical Society
The public input process will run March 20-June 12 and will include in-person voting locations, opportunities to participate on the Web and efforts to get young people involved.
The committee last week released a list of 10 finalists, including the Wright brothers, the aviation pioneers from Dayton and former U.S. Rep. William McCulloch of Piqua, a key advocate of 1960s’ civil rights legislation.
The committee expects to make its recommendation in July after receiving the public input. The legislature is expected to vote on the committee’s recommendation when it returns in the fall.
Other finalists include:
*Thomas Edison, inventor
*Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and author
*Jesse Owens, Olympic gold medal winner
*Harriet Taylor Upton, women’s suffrage activist
*James M. Ashley, Toledo congressman and abolitionist
*Judith Resnik, Akron astronaut who died on the Challenger
*Albert Sabin, Cincinnati, creator of oral polio vaccine
*Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president and Civil War general.
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By Don
March 2, 2010 11:46 PM | Link to this
I am surprised the DDN didn’t add Mike Peters to the list… Is this list even real? How could we choose anyone other than Orville and Wilbur?
By Gus Gross
March 2, 2010 10:31 PM | Link to this
DEVO
By Maple Fan
March 2, 2010 9:41 PM | Link to this
Definitely the Wright Brothers.
By djc
March 2, 2010 9:00 PM | Link to this
How is Neil Armstrong not even on the list?
By sammy
March 2, 2010 8:58 PM | Link to this
“Dayton, Ohio: Where the Wright brothers taught the world to fly”. I vote for the Wright Brothers - nobody has had a greater impact on the world - nobody!
By jj nelson
March 2, 2010 8:24 PM | Link to this
With this list, political correctness raises its head again. There are only 3-4 serious contenders.
By Leon Harrison
March 2, 2010 7:58 PM | Link to this
Howbout Leon Harrison?
By judy
March 2, 2010 7:28 PM | Link to this
As much as I am grateful for Sabin and Edison, wouldn’t you like to see the Wright Brothers get it and stick it to North Carolina, those wannabes.
By nurse
March 2, 2010 7:25 PM | Link to this
Edison only lived here briefly. Go Orville and Wilbur.
By Triple Junction
March 2, 2010 7:00 PM | Link to this
First of all, the finalist should be born in OHIO. That reduces the field. Secondly, since I am a tax payer…it should be one who has a prolific impact on all of mankind. Not just a minority group interest. Three choices remain: Orville Wright Thomas Edison U. Grant Any others would be shameful and not representative of our heritage…
By Gus Gross
March 2, 2010 6:59 PM | Link to this
Chrissie Hynde!
By Keith
March 2, 2010 6:39 PM | Link to this
Where would we be without the Wright Brothers.We need to educate all people who they were and what they did and where they were from. Hands down, I vote for the Wright Brothers.
By Russell J.
March 2, 2010 3:44 PM | Link to this
Ohio currently has statues in Statuary Hall of these two guys - James A. Garfield and William Allen. The Garfield statue was put there in 1886 and the Allen statue in 1887. Guess it is time for an update.
By Impact
March 2, 2010 3:10 PM | Link to this
As far as those who have impacted all mankind, there are only 3 finalists. The Wright Bros, Edison & Sabin. Sabin,the lessor known’s contribution has made the work considerably easier for those working to eradicate polio worldwide even though The Wright Bros. & Edison’s contributions make Sabin’s pale in comparison.