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Title	Croghan Day Photographs
Subject	Military Ohio War of 1812 Campaigns & battles Celebrations
Place	Fremont (Ohio) Sandusky County (Ohio)
Description	Two photographs show Fremont's Croghan Day ceremony in 2000. Local Civil War historian Robert Gillmor is shown in early-19th-century military dress. The photographs measure 3.5" x 5" (8.89 x 12.70 cm). Croghan Day is a celebration to commemorate the Battle of Fort Stephenson, which took place in Fremont, Ohio in 1813, and was a major United States victory in the War of 1812. The event was named after the fort's commander, Major George Croghan. The first Croghan Day was observed on August 2, 1839, 26 years after the event. At the time of this first celebration, George Croghan was invited to Fremont to attend the festivities. Croghan, then a colonel, had to decline the invitation, citing his responsibilities as the postmaster of New Orleans. Despite Croghan's absence, the first Croghan Day celebration saw Fremont's population of 3,000 turn out for an ox roast on the Sandusky River bank. The second Croghan Day celebration did not occur until 1852. Since 1906, the Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has sponsored Croghan Day each August 2nd.
Creator	Wiersma, Sue
Date of Original	2000
Collection	Fort Stephenson Collection
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Birchard Public Library
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2095_2527096_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2095_2527096_001.tif
Image Height	2096
Image Width	2896
File Size	1283.804 KB

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