In honor of this historic milestone, the DDN is taking a look back 50 years in a weekly series highlighting what was happening in Dayton around the 200th anniversary, back in 1976.
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For this edition of Vintage Dayton, we look back at the week of Mar. 8-14, 1976.
More stories from the archives
• Remembering 7 Dayton-area amusement parks that wowed with rides, games and animals
• Meet 20 Medal of Honor recipients with ties to the Dayton area
• Inland Children’s Chorus: More than three decades of song
Did you know?
Here are a few great Dayton history facts we’ve learned from our stories:
• The Rose Music Center was inspired by and modeled after the PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati.
• When the Grant-Deneau Tower was being built in the late 1960s it briefly held the title of the city’s tallest building at 331 feet.
• At its peak in 1910, the Dayton Grotto and National Home was a massive national tourist attraction, drawing over 660,000 visitors in a single year.
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